Search in Apple Maps, route with Google Maps?

[jhtrico1850]

http://www.cultofmac.com/286737/ios-8-lets-switch-google-maps-straight-apple-maps/

Can anyone confirm this? It would be awesome Often, I'll open a contact from iMessage, click their contact, click the address, and it launches Apple Maps. I'd rather it launch in Google Maps.

 

[gforce216]

It worked for me in iOS 8 B3. Wasn't there a similar feature in iOS 7? I thought you could already do this.

 

[joejoejoe]

http://www.cultofmac.com/286737/ios-8-lets-switch-google-maps-straight-apple-maps/

Can anyone confirm this? It would be awesome Often, I'll open a contact from iMessage, click their contact, click the address, and it launches Apple Maps. I'd rather it launch in Google Maps.

right now if you click transit directions in apple maps it'll let you launch any map/navigation app you have

i always search in apple maps then navigate in waze doing this

 

[jhtrico1850]

right now if you click transit directions in apple maps it'll let you launch any map/navigation app you have

i always search in apple maps then navigate in waze doing this

I had no idea. Nice to know. It's such a clumsy method though and copying and pasting from Contacts to google maps seems easier...

Would be nice if Apple let us set default maps. Hopefully with all the Maps developers leaving Apple they will reconsider.

 

[joejoejoe]

I had no idea. Nice to know. It's such a clumsy method though and copying and pasting from Contacts to google maps seems easier...

Would be nice if Apple let us set default maps. Hopefully with all the Maps developers leaving Apple they will reconsider.

Honestly it becomes second nature. Just hit the arrow in the top left once you see the address in maps. Then hit transit and boom.

 

[Weaselboy]

I had no idea. Nice to know. It's such a clumsy method though and copying and pasting from Contacts to google maps seems easier...

Would be nice if Apple let us set default maps. Hopefully with all the Maps developers leaving Apple they will reconsider.

You can do this from Siri also... just say "directions to nearest starbucks via transit" and you will get a screen showing other apps like Google Maps to launch for the directions. I use this with the "Send to Car" app to send directions to my car's NAV system.

 

[klamse25]

This is glorious!

 

[GreyOS]

I thought this was a already feature in iOS 7, if not iOS 6.

The slight change with iOS 8 is that you get the Drive/Walk/App options after you route rather than before. Maybe this makes it more noticeable and easier to use.