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Any chance Google Maps for iOS/Android will include a "driving mode" like regular GPS devices have? What I mean by that is a mode for when you don't have an ob
by spike021 9y ago
Any chance Google Maps for iOS/Android will include a "driving mode" like regular GPS devices have?
What I mean by that is a mode for when you don't have an obvious destination entered into the app, but it should still show the street you're driving on, the speedlimit (if enabled) for that street, upcoming cross streets, and maybe possible places of interest?
I'd love to have this since sometimes I don't necessarily have a destination set but want to see on a map where I am.
- imglorp 9y agoThe current (L) Android one has it. Go to the side hamburger menu and choose "Start Driving".
- agumonkey 9y agoSecond this, it's been here for a long time already. And I have an "old" moto g3.
- eco 9y agoYeah, it's been there for about two years.
- puzzle 9y agoIt's actually been around even longer, just even more inaccessible. :-) See this video from 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni4FU8D1-DU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni4FU8D1-DU and http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/10/car-home-for-android-gets-personal.html http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/10/car-home-for-androi... It's the View Maps option. It was only enabled in Car (dock) mode and it went away along with several other features at the time of the GMM 5.0 (vector/3D) rewrite, unless you had an internal build.
- spike021 9y agoInteresting. iOS definitely doesn't have it, unless it's hidden beyond the first menu.
- dragonwriter 9y agoThere's also an option in settings to add a shortcut to it on the homescreen so you don't have to navigate the menu.
- izacus 9y agoYup, also Android Auto map defaults to driving as well (obviously :) ).
- sp332 9y agoGoogle bought Waze a while back. That seems to be its main use case. It can also warn you about roadblocks and traffic "ahead" even if you don't have a destination set.
- spike021 9y agoFair enough. I just wish it was directly integrated with Google Maps. But that's definitely a good point; I rarely open up Waze when it does indeed have that as its primary feature.
- bobviolier 9y agoHowwww do I get speed limits on Google Maps while driving? I really want this. Sometimes I just start Waze, just because of this.
- morsch 9y agoAs of July 2017, by moving to the Bay Area or Rio de Janeiro: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/07/08/google-confirms-speed-limits-google-maps-available-two-areas/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/07/08/google-confirms-spee...
- timdorr 9y agoThey've had this for nearly 2 years: https://blog.google/products/maps/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go-now-google-maps/ https://blog.google/products/maps/do-i-stay-or-do-i-go-now-g...
- spike021 9y agoYep, this was mentioned already. I guess my issue is it's not a feature on iOS. So it'd be handy if this were included in the "new look" update.