>> It's not like your entire maps history will be stored on the device exclusively. >Isn’t that what “more private and works on each device independently” impl

>> It's not like your entire maps history will be stored on the device exclusively. >Isn’t that what “more private and works on each device independently” implies? Probably, but I don't think it should be taken to mean that location data stays on the device. Surely, Google will continue to use location data for ad targeting. Location is also used in countless other places such as Photos. The Google Maps timeline is a specific database and this particular database will be stored on-device. I don't think it changes anything for how Google uses location data more generally.