Google's Maps Timeline feature, which recorded user locations, faced a technical glitch following its transition to local smartphone storage. Users reported missing timeline history, prompting concerns for privacy and accessibility. Google confirmed that a technical issue resulted in accidental deletions of data across many devices, with no reliable recovery methods available. This transition to local storage was intended to enhance user privacy yet ironically led to the loss of valuable historical data for many loyal users. Google's response indicates ongoing investigations into the issue without clear solutions for affected individuals.
Google's recent switch of Timeline data storage to users' smartphones has led to a significant loss of user history due to a technical issue.
Many users have lamented the loss of their Timeline history, which helped them remember their location activities from past travels.
The transition to local storage was supposed to enhance privacy, but unexpected deletion of Timeline data has left many users without crucial location history.
Google acknowledges the accidental deletion was caused by a technical issue in Maps, not user error, leaving recovery options scarce.
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