Surface Pro X, Issues with Google Maps

Anonymous
2023-07-15T20:54:04+00:00

I am using:

Device name *******

Processor Microsoft SQ1 @ 3.0 GHz 3.00 GHz

Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.54 GB usable)

System type 64-bit operating system, ARM-based processor

Pen and touch Pen and touch support with 10 touch points

Recently, after an update, when using Google maps, the names of the locations disappear.

Initially the maps shows all the detail

But few seconds later when everything is loaded, the town names disappear:

I thought this was a Chrome issue, thus cleared the cache etc. but this not fixed the issue.

I then tried different browsers MS Edge and Firefox. They all have the same issue.

I contacted Google and provided the above info, but they believe this is o/s issue and suggested I contact MS.

Is anyone able suggest how I can fixed this problem?

EDIT: Removed personally identifiable information (PII) from post.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-10T15:28:04+00:00

    Strangely enough, the problem seems to have fixed itself now. I can see street names again. Maybe there was an update? Anyone else find this?

    Well I'll be, it does indeed work. I don't know what fixed it, though there was the 2024-01 Cumulative Update (i.e. the regular monthly patch) that I found installed and waiting for a reboot this morning. I didn't find out about it being fixed until after rebooting, but that is one possibility I suppose. This doesn't match up with when this started working for some people (i.e. before patch Tuesday), so I doubt this was it.

    Another possibility is an Edge update: 120.0.2210.121 was released on 01/05, and I suspect this is it, as the issue is still in Firefox as of 121.0.1 (latest available on 1/10/2024). This doesn't explain how it would also work in Chrome, unless Microsoft actually submitted the fix to Chromium to get the fix to roll out to all Chromium-browsers including Google Chrome.

    I suppose there is also a chance Google made a change to Maps that fixed it in Chrome and Edge.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T08:34:08+00:00

    Finally!! it works!

    zoom-in and zoom-out are not as smooth as usual but its not an issue.

    Happy to get maps back again!

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T06:05:47+00:00

    Yes, after turning on H/W acceleration, both Chrome and Edge work with street names etc. now not disappearing. Fixed after six months.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T04:07:08+00:00

    Google Maps in Chrome is now working as expected with street names, etc displaying on my Surface Pro X! :) Same using Bing in Edge. Pinch zoom is smoother using Bing Maps in Edge. Thanks all for the heads up.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-09T01:39:51+00:00

    I've had to stop using Mozilla/Firefox for google maps and google drive - most of the information is hashed over or blurred - Edge seems ok at the moment with google maps.

    I just did a test and Edge works for me as well (it wasn't the case before).

    Hopefully this is permanent and the issue was fixed via Edge update.

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