Skip to main content
institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published loading...Updated

How to Transfer the Timeline in Google Maps to Your New Smartphone

Summary by pcwelt.de
Recently, the Google Maps timeline has only been saved locally on your smartphone. This means that if you change smartphones, you'll need to manually transfer the timeline if you want to continue recording it seamlessly. Google offers a backup function for this: In the Google Maps app, open the "Timeline" via "For You" in the bottom left corner. Then tap the cloud icon to activate cloud backup via the "Back Up Data" page. The data is uploaded to…
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

1 Articles

Recently, the Google Maps timeline has only been saved locally on your smartphone. This means that if you change smartphones, you'll need to manually transfer the timeline if you want to continue recording it seamlessly. Google offers a backup function for this: In the Google Maps app, open the "Timeline" via "For You" in the bottom left corner. Then tap the cloud icon to activate cloud backup via the "Back Up Data" page. The data is uploaded to…

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Factuality 

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

pcwelt.de broke the news in on Monday, October 13, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)
News
For You
Search
BlindspotLocal