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Where in the linked article does it say Apple Maps has 75% marketshare? Assuming that number is accurate, as Apple Maps is preinstalled on iPhones it means 25%
by Andrex 8y ago
Where in the linked article does it say Apple Maps has 75% marketshare?
Assuming that number is accurate, as Apple Maps is preinstalled on iPhones it means 25% of users went out of their way to manually remove it. Mission far from accomplished (and hence Apple's efforts in the OP to rebuild Maps' dataset entirely in-house.)
I'm also curious what the active usage numbers are versus Google Maps on iOS.
- sildur 8y agoGoogle Maps is also preinstalled on most android phones.
- evan_ 8y ago> Apple says its mapping service is now used more than three times as often as its next leading competitor on iPhones and iPads, with more than 5 billion map-related requests each week
- endianswap 8y agoThat means 75% is an upper bound, right? It's only 75% if Google had the only other maps product, and even they have two popular ones (Maps and Waze) that are likely to be installed.
- Retric 8y agoNo, it's more than so it could also be 79%. But, I don't think it's clear if they count Google as the competitor or each app separately.
- jschmitz28 8y agoI wonder whether this includes all of the times where I tap an address link from Messages, Apple Maps opens as the default (which you cannot change[1]), I realize the horror of what I've done, and then I copy/paste the address explicitly into Google Maps. Count one map-related request for each! [1]: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/228904 https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/228904
- 6nf 8y agoYea I bet if you measure by in-app hours instead of frequency, Google Maps would come out on top even though it's not installed out of the box, and even though all map actions on an iPhone will invoke Apple Maps by default.
- LoSboccacc 8y agosiri search may also hit "apple mapping services" - the phrasing is a swamp of marketspeak
- cwp 8y agoEighth paragraph. "Apple says its mapping service is now used more than three times as often as its next leading competitor on iPhones and iPads" Ok, maybe slightly less than 75%, because Waze exists. But again, crushing Google Maps is not the goal. Keeping people on iOS is the goal.
- ASalazarMX 8y agoThat's some Bilbo Baggins phrasing. It's telling if no hard numbers were divulged.
- MikeTheGreat 8y agoCan I ask what you mean by "Bilbo Baggins phrasing"? I agree with your point, and think I can guess what that phrase means, but I'm not quite remembering why Bilbo Baggins would be associated with being intentionally vague about something :)
- belriosity 8y agoThe line he uses at his going away party is somewhat related, “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” I'm not sure if it's what OP meant though.
- mistermann 8y agoI've always assumed that was a veiled insult, but never thought about it long enough to tell.
- jrochkind1 8y agoI always assumed it was too, but now that I actually try to parse it... I think maybe it's not? But all who heard it probably assumed it was too? I think Bilbo probably meant the to be confused about whether it was or not, with plausible deniability, haha.
- myrandomcomment 8y agoI use my phone with car play for nav, so Apple maps. Directions and time estimates are better then google. Finding near by stuff, google wins. To the other posters point, since I am a car play user, Apple won as far as that goes.
- telcodud 8y agoGoogle Maps, Waze, and other third-party apps are finally coming to CarPlay: https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-carplay-ios-12-will-finally-let-you-use-google-maps-waze/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-carplay-ios-12-will-fina...