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I still can't help but always reach for Google Maps by default because it just seems most likely they'd have the most up to date traffic information from all th
by hbn 3y ago
I still can't help but always reach for Google Maps by default because it just seems most likely they'd have the most up to date traffic information from all the Android users they're constantly tracking. I don't think Apple really has access to that data?
I live in a smaller city in Canada so I just don't know how Apple would figure out when there's construction or roads blocked off to route me around those things. Google Maps seems to get it done cause of all the live user tracking they do.
- presbyterian 3y agoI'm a professional driver (high school bus, so a lot of longer-distance sports trips and stuff), and I swear by Apple Maps for up-to-date traffic info. Google Maps has given me under construction exits, backed up freeways, and just plain inefficient routes too many times for me to rely on it anymore. Sometimes I'll bring it up just because the satellite imagery is newer and I want to see they layout of a parking lot or something, but otherwise it's all Apple Maps.
- hbn 3y agoAre you in a big city?
- presbyterian 3y agoKinda? I'm in a rural area outside of Phoenix, but I travel around the entire state for trips
- barkerja 3y agoI'm in a rural area and find Apple Maps is generally always consistent with the real life conditions when it comes to traffic and road closures. iOS devices report the flow of traffic, they just do it in an anonymized way. I'm also seeing more and more user-reported events (the Waze-like feature now built into Apple Maps). Reporting things like speed checks, accidents, etc.
- hbn 3y agoI suppose they could be leveraging the Find My network for traffic updates. I've never thought of that. Maybe I'll have to give it a shot