12 years, 3 months ago

App review: Google Maps on iOS is back with a bang

For the first time, Google Maps has turn-by-turn voice navigation on the iPhone, and with that, automatic recalculation of routes whenever you make a wrong turn. Unlike Apple’s app, Google Maps lets you automatically exclude routes that involve highways or tolls. Still, there appears to be more landmarks in Google Maps than in Apple’s app. Back at the office, I did searches using both Google Maps and Apple’s software for 10 places by entering just the names, not the addresses. I know people have complained about Apple’s maps showing landmarks at the wrong location, but Google Maps is the one that goofed: While it has the right address for the _AP’_s Detroit office, where I worked years ago, the pin marking its location is about a block off.

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