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Related... when I'm in the car, and not, I often use the google assistant to search... for at least a couple months, it's gotten to be almost worse than useless
by tracker1 6y ago
Related... when I'm in the car, and not, I often use the google assistant to search... for at least a couple months, it's gotten to be almost worse than useless as the bottom 1/3 is covered by google buttons over the stuff I'm searching for, and the mini map view at the top doesn't easily expand to the screen for pan/zoom.
The assistant should be much easier to use, and while not the best, I admit I have tried to use it driving, and now I pretty much have to pull over and use it, because "OK Google give me directions to X on Y st in City" no longer does what it should.
- aduitsis 6y agoGoogle maps started from a position of being better and snappier than (then) Nokia maps. Today, it's almost impossible to use google maps while driving, the UI is simply unusable unless you can devote your 100% attention to it, and even then the results may vary. On the other hand, Here maps (former Nokia maps) has gotten better. Oh, and my favourite google maps feature, announce the instruction to turn left or right while YOU STILL HAVEN'T PASSED the previous street intersection!
- tracker1 6y agoReminds me... one thing I don't like is that you don't know which side of the street you should be on far enough ahead after a turn... "Turn right, then navigate to the left lane" if the next turn is less than a mile away.