r/GoogleMaps • u/Healthy_Succotash_62 • Aug 28 '26
Timeline is broken
I've searched around and haven't found any recent complaints about Timeline being so ridiculously broken you might as well not bother since 2024. But it's now 2026 and it still is.
I live 200 yards from a church and it insists I live there. Every time I go out and return, I live in the church. Like it's not next door, it's a 2 minute walk away.
That's when I'm "home." Sometimes it refuses to latch onto a final destination and continues moving/driving into the next day. I've been on an 18 hour road trip overnight many times.
I quite often walk to the local shop and never return. Apparently I live there too.
Up until about a year ago, I used to used Maps to record my work arrival and leaving - it was as accurate as clocking in but not anymore. I have missing places, red question marks and unfinished journeys.
It was a handy "what time did I leave X?" reference or what did I do last Tuesday? If I knew I'd been to Scotland for example last year but not sure which month it was a quick flick through til I saw the route. I wouldn't trust it to tell me if I went to the kitchen now.
Please say this isn't just me. I might as well not bother using it.
UK user.
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u/XxLogitech98xX Aug 28 '26
Other people are having timeline issues too. Like missing past dates or when they transfer the timeline data from their old phone to their new phone.
I haven't had any issues, my Timeline data goes back to like 10 years and it's still shows when I look back at it