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One thing that isn't clear to me. The phone clearly supports GPS in terms of hardware, but does it actually do anything with it? It won't have access to Google
by Rooster61 7y ago
One thing that isn't clear to me. The phone clearly supports GPS in terms of hardware, but does it actually do anything with it? It won't have access to Google or Apple navigation, and that is certainly something I use my current phone's GPS for.
- bennofs 7y agoYou can use Google maps navigation via a web browser
- Casseres 7y agoDoes it do turn-by-turn? I currently use Google Maps on my Android phone for its navigation. That's important to me, but another user is saying there are Linux apps that do that already, so for me, that's even better!
- yepthatsreality 7y agoYou can but the UI is super hostile: 1. asks if you want to install google maps app 2. link to get it to do turn by turn is a button called "Preview" This was my experience using safari on ios.
- seba_dos1 7y agoPureMaps, Navit, GNOME Maps, Marble, TangoGPS, various OSM web UIs... There's plenty of GNU/Linux apps, some of them providing online and offline turn-by-turn navigation, and some of them even already working well on mobile form factors. The software will surely need some time in order to get polished enough to be used by a total newbie out-of-the-box, but it's not like there's no software for that at all.
- Rooster61 7y agoExcellent to hear. Thanks. I was unaware of these applications. GPS navigation is a sticking point for me.
- MayeulC 7y agoI use OSMAnd on my phone, and am quite fond of it, for the record. There are numerous other applications, as pointed out by other posters, that would be a better fit for the Librem. Most are using OSM as a map source, which I consider a feature rather than a bug (though I admit the map can sometimes be incomplete, the opposite is also true sometimes).