iPhone users are increasingly finding reasons to choose Apple Maps over Google Maps, with some customers commending its clear public transport...

According to the Wall Street Journal, iPhone users are increasingly finding reasons to choose Apple Maps over Google Maps, with some customers commending its clear public transport directions and visually appealing design.

  • substill
    2•2 years ago

    It’s not “better.” But it’s fine, it’s there by default, and it doesn’t send my precise location to Google.

      • somas
        0•2 years ago

        @red__raven I haven’t used Google Maps in a long time. What really won me over several years ago was Apple Maps would say something like “Go past this light and then at the next one, turn right”. Does google do this now?

        @Aatube @substill

      • @[email protected]
        0•2 years ago

        One thing that I absolutely hate about Apple Maps: trying to navigate home after navigating out somewhere. I swear I’ve got to close like 5 layers of garbage context left over from navigating to the first place. What the hell is the point of having a favorite if it’s gonna be hidden when I try to use it?

        If I’m trying to navigate home, it’s because I don’t know the best way and I almost certainly used navigation to get where I currently am. So I have this issue almost every single time I use it.

        • AatubeOP
          1•2 years ago

          I’m not sure what you mean, did you set your home location in your profile in contacts? That is also an angle of criticism but it exists. For locations in your profile it will always put them in front of everything else.

          • @[email protected]
            1•2 years ago

            I think there’s typically one more step than what I just replicated from home, but this is what I just did:

            1. Open maps -> search target
            2. Click View locations -> click a location
            3. Click “go”

            My issue after arriving and then going to navigate home:

            1. Open maps -> click “end navigation”
            2. Close listing of target locations
            3. Close search results for target
            4. <insert other random crap here if I ended up browsing stuff before navigating earlier>
            5. Finally, back to the home default maps screen, where I can click “home”