Google Maps Updated With New Look to Make Finding Places Easier

[symphony]

Been waiting for Google to update maps for the X. I wouldn't have thought it takes so long for a big company with one of top most popular apps to roll out updates. Looking forward to it when it arrives.

They don’t have to make it a priority. since big time services know you’ll keep using it.

 

[Codyak]

I know, never happening...but I can dream of CarPlay support!!

This is one of the chief reasons CarPlay isn’t that high priority for me in a new car. If it did support google maps it would borderline be a must have for me.

 

[bjb.butler]

But people on here keep saying screw google and how good Apple Maps is, so why does anyone care if Google's (free) apps are optimised for the X or not? It's all very confusing.

Maybe... just maybe... there are some people who keep saying screw google, and there are other people who say Apple maps is?

I know it’s a crazy thought, just let it sink in for a while.

 

[TwoBytes]

They don’t have to make it a priority. since big time services know you’ll keep using it.

There is always competition and threats. Staying number 1 is hard. When people get the X as their first iPhone, using Apple Maps and Google looks very different.

 

[theanimaster]

BUT IS IT UPDATED FOR IPHONE X?????
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Maybe... just maybe... there are some people who keep saying screw google, and there are other people who say Apple maps is?

I know it’s a crazy thought, just let it sink in for a while.

I can’t imagine how anyone could go back to Apple Maps. They’re outdated, missing a lot of information and Google has more up to date satellite imagery and street views. Apple Maps looks like some mediocre startup junk.
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Things I don’t like about Google apps:

• They keep asking me to create/log in to a Google account. No. If Google wants my information then they should pay me a percentage of what they make selling it.
• The reroute feature in maps is usually pretty good, but I just ran into a situation driving to the DFW airport where the system went spastic because it was rush hour. I am not a Dallas native and did not know what routes to avoid, and Google rerouted me thru downtown then tried rerouting every 10 seconds or so. I couldn’t find an off switch and the ignore button didn’t work because a few seconds later a new option was shown. Historical data should be factored into how you are rerouted especially during rush hour.

This. I’m sure you’re not aware of it, but Google uses that login for people who enjoy the convenience of having their bookmarked places accessible from every device they own. For example I’m driving, I am logged in on my iPhone and save a point of interest. I get back home and just happen to be on my computer and need to see that point of interest on a bigger screen — Lo and behold it’s there already. Maybe I got a new iPhone (an I did — I’m rockin’ an X now and I need all the hundreds of points of interest I’ve saved from the last 10 years. Well, what do you know? It’s there. Never moved. Never needed to set everything up from scratch. All I needed to do was log in once.

And in case I wanted to make sure the government and their allies in Russia aren’t spying on me, I have a hat made out of foil for that.

Because I know they’d be spying on me anyways. Just that I don’t make bombs and worship a God of death and that makes me just like every billion other people they’re not interested in.