iPhone X Direction indicator in maps

[Samtb]

Do all iPhone X have a terrible direction indicator with maps or google maps? It points in the complete opposite direction.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

I had this happen the other day too. It fixed itself during the drive but, when I started the route it was pointing the opposite direction I was traveling

 

[chabig]

The phone doesn't know which direction to place up until you begin to move. Once it sees that, it'll rotate the map to match the direction you're going.

 

[Ralfi]

The phone doesn't know which direction to place up until you begin to move. Once it sees that, it'll rotate the map to match the direction you're going.

Yeah I think it's like the old figure-8 calibration requests Maps used to ask the user to perform (although, I haven't noticed these requests for a while, mainly because I use the superior Google Maps).

 

[chabig]

Wasn’t that Compass? I don’t remember Maps ever asking for calibration.

 

[cyb3rdud3]

Do all iPhone X have a terrible direction indicator with maps or google maps? It points in the complete opposite direction.

No they don’t they operate within the constraints of the gps

 

[Ralfi]

Wasn’t that Compass? I don’t remember Maps ever asking for calibration.

You could be right, chabig.

 

[eric3312]

Do all iPhone X have a terrible direction indicator with maps or google maps? It points in the complete opposite direction.

The navigation in general on my iPhone X is terrible. It frequently seems to have trouble catching up to my turns.

 

[Samtb]

My old iPhone 6s had much better direction indication though.

 

[Raist3001]

....It frequently seems to have trouble catching up to my turns.

Main reason I choose to use Google maps.