I’ve been waiting for this update since the release of iPhone 14PM. Dynamic Island will probably go away in 2-4 years so I get google’s commitment issues, but why even say you’re going to do it when you’re not fully committed? I probably will start using Apple Maps, which I’m sure a lot of iPhone users have or will do soon.
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Except for iPhone battery status, I get those other items on my Apple Watch. I’m still on iPhone 13 (and plan to be for a long time… for mini reasons).
You should have bought the option. Or a better car.
Agree to disagree, but I think maps you can get from CarPlay by way of apps like Apple's own, Google Maps, or Waze are leaps and bounds ahead of the ones from the vehicle's own infotainment system, if it has the capability to do so
My vehicle also doesn't have built-in maps, and I'm more than OK with that as 90% of the time I'm using CarPlay anyways
Why would you voluntarily buy the inferior native navigation almost every car comes with?
crazy how these companies have we thousands of developers who get paid 6 figure salaries yet it takes them months or years to roll out basic additions that should've taken a week tops. like what are they doing all day
It just so happens that both Apple and Google maps look and work way better than those “built-in NAV systems”.
Firstly, the familiarity factor, as each car manufacturer bakes their own and you may need to figure out how it works getting into the car. Apple & Google are very familiar to everybody with a smartphone.
Secondly, the update speed and real-time user feedback. Again, smartphone maps still outsmart any built in solutions.
Lastly, if you drive a modern car it is very likely to have a panel with either CarPlay, Google Auto or both enabled, so no need to look at the phone at all. In fact, I use it to feed all the nav data via CarPlay with the screen off. 👌
As opposed to looking at the built in screen in your car? Seriously? This is a very confusing comment. People have their phones mounted in the same position. Not to mention CarPlay and Android Auto are better than the vast majority of the stock systems anyway and are updated more often.
I have the highest trim package. I don't need built-in maps, and I'm not handling my phone. It stays in the console.
Why would I want their out-of-date maps instead of Apple Maps or Waze on a 9" screen? No thank you; I don't want built-in maps.
often times that is because what apple gives access to for the developers is pretty poor and then limited scope of users can even use it as Apple tends to lock some of the features behind newer phone upgrades.
The access in the API for Apple is meh at best for a lot of those things making it harder to things or heavily limited to using Apple design language so only Apple fonts and designs. Also have to do to it the very Apple way with little freedom.
Also even what is fed back to the app is heavily limited and what those island features have access to is limited so it force nearly a full rewrite to get them to be usable so not worth the cost.
That or hey it only is able to be put on the latest OS is a common one. The general standard is 2 versions back of support for apps so we are just doing iOS 17 right now so the only features devs really have to work with is iOS 15.
Swift Data for example is going to be oh look that is a cool feature but not going to be consider for at least 2-3 years because of lack of support for iOS 16 and down.
I mean I agree that some parts of Apple Maps are better like better visualization of roads and turns. But in many more ways Apple is still way way behind.
You are looking at the same screen you would with the built in navigation.
I disagree somewhat. There are definitely areas that Google Maps is ahead but I would no longer say "many more ways". Apple Maps is overall better for me and where I live.
I very much doubt that as you still can’t zoom on streets in my area on Apple maps
Do people still use Google Maps much? Apple Maps is pretty excellent nowadays and the full integration and parity between all my Apple devices keeps me using it. The only area that I've noticed Apple is behind Google in maps is with street view, and less importantly, 3D satellite views of some cities. For some reason my home town, Kansas City, and the surrounding area totaling 2.2 million people don't have either. I looked it up, and it seems like there are only 19 cities in the US that even support this yet:
- Atlanta, GA
- Boston, MA
- Chicago, IL
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- Las Vegas, NV
- Los Angeles, CA
- Miami, FL
- New York, NY
- Oahu, HI
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Portland, OR
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Washington, DC
It's always included in the higher trim levels, and who wants a base model, even if you could find one? Also, because it works. And there's no lag. Maps are perfect and have pictorial representations of points of interest (You should see the picture of the Kansas City Keeper of the Plains statue and the river on my NAV!). Updates available at no charge online. Turn by turn voice instructions come quicker than Apple or Android maps. Tighter integration with the car's voice controls and dash screen. Not having to say "Hey Siri." Other than that, can't think of a thing.
Not only did Google scan most important stuff all that time ago, they re-scan constantly. Some parts in Seattle I was looking at had several scans per year. It’s the only part left where I feel google maps beats Apple.
Ive been in a variety of cars at all trims and Nav and the system UX is usually inferior. Zero lag in my Mazda either. I never have to say “Hey Siri, I just press a button on the steering wheel.
Do you think there's a "yuck" sentiment at Google against the iOS platform much like we have for Windows? 😜
That's hard to imagine given how superior iOS is to Android. 😝
Spoken as a true non-user of Apple Maps. 🤣
When's the last time you did a side-by-side comparison against CarPlay?
Never experienced lag with Apple Maps voice prompts, but did notice some lag a few years ago with Google Maps.
Are you sure your impression is based on current reality, or some brief testing years ago?
I'm a software engineer in mobile application development. Android is a yucky platform. The actual OS may be fine for end users but the software development story for it is disgusting and Google should be ashamed of it. They have better 1st party documentation for their APIs than Apple though, so I will give them some credit there.
