Field Trip is Google’s tour guide of a mobile app that automatically pushes you tips and information about your surroundings. It’s now available for Google Glass Explorers, which is a very smart, near ...

The summer travel season is underway and your smartphone is a great way to discover interesting things all around you. Location based augmented reality apps can make you aware of historical items ...

There are gems of historical info or culinary value hiding in plain sight on your very block, but you have no idea. Unless of course you’re using Google Field Trip. What does it do? Uses your location ...

WSJ's Katie Boehret reviews Google's Field Trip app, which sends users pop-up cards as they pass by hidden and little-known locations. Photo: Google.