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I feel that the worst new "feature" in Google Maps is when you're on your way to your destination and it suddenly suggests you might first want to go to a rando
by HyperTalk2 8y ago
I feel that the worst new "feature" in Google Maps is when you're on your way to your destination and it suddenly suggests you might first want to go to a random place you've never heard of before. You then have 3 seconds to tap "No" before it silently adds the destination (and 15-30 minutes of extra driving) to your route. I have found no way to disable this feature.
I'm worried that there could be people who were in a hurry to get somewhere and perhaps wound up in a grave instead because they felt the urgent need to look away from the road and fiddle with their phone to reset their map destination while on the highway.
- xanderstrike 8y agoHuh? This has never happened to me and I use Google Maps daily. Is there an update note or something for this?
- mental1896 8y agoSame. This is news to me as well.
- jrq 8y agoThat seems crazy! I've never heard of this feature. Maybe you should contact support. Surely they'd have thought that through more!
- mattnewport 8y agoSupport?? This is Google we're talking about
- coldcode 8y agoI've always thought of Google's mantra was "don't do support".
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- surfmike 8y agoI've seen it reroute me to save time (based on live traffic) but never seen this behavior. Perhaps in your case it's this feature behaving poorly, or some other bug.
- ubercore 8y agoI feel like there has to be more to this, I've never seen that happen and I use google maps for driving very regularly (almost every day)
- vturner 8y agoI've experienced similar behavior. For awhile it seemed it would find a "new route" and give me x seconds to say no or else it would default to the new route. It seems the behavior switched to the default being no to the new route... I wish there was as good as maps paid alternative. I'd gladly pay for something other than the ever slower with each update Google maps.
- Sohcahtoa82 8y agoI have never heard of this. And judging by other responses, nobody else has, either. Are you sure you're not confusing that with rerouting you based on traffic? And that the extra driving was done to get around a traffic jam? EDIT: Are you tapping the map while driving? https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/LqK7zqz6m28;context-place=topicsearchin/maps/category$3Agoogle-maps-mobile%7Csort:relevance%7Cspell:false https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/LqK7zqz6... Also, why are people using Google Maps instead of Waze for navigation?
- rorykoehler 8y agoFunny you mention Waze because they are planning on rolling out real-time suggested stop adverts in Waze now which sounds very similar to what the parent mentioned.