I’ve always used google maps on my iPhone and it has offline maps. I use it pretty regularly on trips to be damn sure I can get where I’m going regardless of cell signal.
I never used Apple Maps because it was HORRIBLE when it first came out. I used it a few times more recently and it’s actually pretty decent. With offline maps I might give it another real try.
I find that Apple Maps gives very solid arrival estimates. When I used Google Maps it always seemed to over or undershoot the length of time it would take me to get where I was going in the moment. I also find that Apple’s voice guidance seems to be better and clearer about what it wants you to do. I switched over to it exclusively about two years ago.
Offline maps are a little above a “nice to have” feature for me. However, I think it makes it worth giving it another solid try for a few weeks. I’ll check it out as soon as iOS 17 hits.
Apple maps will actually suggest storing offline maps if an area you’ll be going through is known to have bad cell service. Not sure how they’re determining where there’s bad service.
That or tracking anonymous data from people’s phones. Hopefully if that’s it they go based on if the maps actually load instead of just bars because there’s plenty of places with good signal but unusable data due to congestion.
Yea that would have been a dealbreaker for me. I’ve used offline maps while traveling fairly often. That’s one of the main advantages of GPS, not needing to send any signals to determine your position. The device calculates it locally based the timing of info that arrives from GPS satellites
iOS has always been this platform that has all of these crazy advanced features and hardware but just completely fumbles the basics.
The tech industry as a whole seems to have this ridiculous idea that everyone has a perfect internet connection everywhere they go so it’s totally cool to have all this software that’s entirely dependent on an internet connection and fails to function entirely when that connection is lost.
From a lifetime android user ios didn’t have that feature? What the hell, or would you just install a third party maps app to have it.
I’ve always used google maps on my iPhone and it has offline maps. I use it pretty regularly on trips to be damn sure I can get where I’m going regardless of cell signal.
I never used Apple Maps because it was HORRIBLE when it first came out. I used it a few times more recently and it’s actually pretty decent. With offline maps I might give it another real try.
I find that Apple Maps gives very solid arrival estimates. When I used Google Maps it always seemed to over or undershoot the length of time it would take me to get where I was going in the moment. I also find that Apple’s voice guidance seems to be better and clearer about what it wants you to do. I switched over to it exclusively about two years ago.
Offline maps are a little above a “nice to have” feature for me. However, I think it makes it worth giving it another solid try for a few weeks. I’ll check it out as soon as iOS 17 hits.
Apple maps will actually suggest storing offline maps if an area you’ll be going through is known to have bad cell service. Not sure how they’re determining where there’s bad service.
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/24/ios-17-apple-maps-offline-maps-route-download/
Probably from carrier coverage maps
That or tracking anonymous data from people’s phones. Hopefully if that’s it they go based on if the maps actually load instead of just bars because there’s plenty of places with good signal but unusable data due to congestion.
Yep I’m Apple Maps for navigating but google maps for reviews on places. Apple Maps still uses freaking yelp. It’s ridiculous.
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Yea that would have been a dealbreaker for me. I’ve used offline maps while traveling fairly often. That’s one of the main advantages of GPS, not needing to send any signals to determine your position. The device calculates it locally based the timing of info that arrives from GPS satellites
iOS has always been this platform that has all of these crazy advanced features and hardware but just completely fumbles the basics.
The tech industry as a whole seems to have this ridiculous idea that everyone has a perfect internet connection everywhere they go so it’s totally cool to have all this software that’s entirely dependent on an internet connection and fails to function entirely when that connection is lost.