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Google Maps App for iOS Finally Updated After Four Months

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Following the completed rollout of App Privacy labels for its App Store apps, Google today updated the Google Maps app for the first time in four months.

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Apple in December began requiring all new app submissions and app updates to include App Privacy labels, detailing the data that is collected by the app so consumers know what they're sharing.

Google didn't begin implementing App Privacy labels until February, and Google apps went several months without an update. Gmail, in fact, went so long without updating that it started giving users a warning that it was out of date, but no update was available.

Google Maps was updated with App Privacy labels in early April, and alongside Google Photos, it was one of the last apps to get the data collection details.

Now that Google Maps is compliant with the App Store rules, Google is once again able to update it. Today's version 5.65 refresh is minor in scale, offering bug fixes that improve the Google Maps app, but Google is now free to add additional features going forward.

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And still no dark mode.......
 
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The maps for my area are basically huge areas of light grey punctuated by capillary roads marked out in light grey. Google really likes grey on grey for some reason. Some more contrast would be nice.
 
Any one have lags when swiping up in google maps iphone 12 pro ? Or switch quick in app switcher then back.
 
Four months and they still didn't fix the bug that prevents you from seeing the map full-screen (to hide the increasingly cluttered UI), by a single tap.

It currently only works when you search for a location, tap on a search result and then tap the map elsewhere to go full screen. It used to (and should) work all the time, also when not searching.
 
This app is becoming more bloated by the minute. Currently testing out Apple Maps instead.
 
MacinMan said:
Google's business model has never bothered me when it comes to selling info to better target ads, or provide better info for searches, etc. What makes it wrong is the fact there are people out there who will take advantage of the technology and use it in bad ways. Not saying there aren't such people at Google itself, either. I'm just saying the idea in itself isn't bad. I do agree that Google and other companies who do this though, need to be transparent, and give the use the the choice. I think this is what Apple is advocating as well, with the tracking features they have been implementing in the OS as well as the browser.
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I hate it... it’s too persistent and clumsy. Perhaps because I don’t shop enough and use their services enough;-)
Like. Monday I search for some gadget. And then buy it. Thursday my browsing sessions are flooded with adds on what I bought. Both from where I bought it and elsewhere from and these will continue until I click the little i and stop it. Actually I don’t think I have ever bought something through these adds. Now if y’all could just do the same and we’ll get a cleaner browsing experience;-)
 
Basically I don’t really believe in that whole advertising thing. Apart from a few big companies there seems to be an inverse correlation between the true value/quality of a product and how big a fraction out of the turnover that’s spend on advertising for it. If they need to spend a lot on advertising the product is probably not worth the price
 
ninecows said:
I hate it... it’s too persistent and clumsy. Perhaps because I don’t shop enough and use their services enough;-)
Like. Monday I search for some gadget. And then buy it. Thursday my browsing sessions are flooded with adds on what I bought. Both from where I bought it and elsewhere from and these will continue until I click the little i and stop it. Actually I don’t think I have ever bought something through these adds. Now if y’all could just do the same and we’ll get a cleaner browsing experience;-)
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If I buy online, it's usually from Amazon since I'm a Prime member, I get things the next day most times. Beyond that I'll use digital services such as VUDU, iTunes, Amazon video, etc for managing my non physical copies of my movies and TV. I find that Google tracks my amazon activity as well as the others as well, and I think Amazon tracks too. Either way, after I've purchased something, or watched something, I'll start get recommendations on those items. While I may not use those recommendations right away, or even all the time: I do like the fact they are available if I want them later on. There have also been times I've needed, or wanted something I'll get suggestions for just what I am looking for, or at least in the same ballpark making the search for the exact item much quicker and easier.
 
While Google Maps is surely superior, I'm detaching as much as possible from google (using only youtube and gmail, and the latter not for long), so Apple Maps does the trick for my simple needs.

One thing I dislike about apple maps is its inconsistency in performance based on the locations (aka where apple spent time updating the info); in my country beyond the roads (which seldomly change) I get very little info and the presence or location of some shops isn't accurate.
I know for a fact this is much better for more apple friendly countries such as the US or the UK.

Google maps, on the other hand, has all its features pretty much everywhere; with rhe exception of some countries (Africa, China, Russia and so on) its performance is pretty much globally amazing.

Apple music is much more friendly for people that don't use location services, such as myself...Google Maps seems almost unusable without it and asks many times.
 
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