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Do you live in an area with great public transportation? My phone is a necessity driving anywhere unless I want to take twice as long due to random spots of tra
by pg5 3y ago
Do you live in an area with great public transportation? My phone is a necessity driving anywhere unless I want to take twice as long due to random spots of traffic.
- lambic 3y agoI find my phone even more important using public transport, checking schedules and figuring out which buses and trains I need to get for my destination.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoGoogle Maps is good for that on my phone, in my area. The transit provider also recently introduced mobile fares, so sometimes I use my phone to board (QR-based.) Unfortunately, there is another fare overhaul coming, whereby they will make fares account-based prepaid, and mobile fares will be mutually exclusive with the linked NFC card option. So unfortunately I will need to ditch the mobile fares entirely, because I do not wish to be constantly tethered to my mandatory smartphone if I simply wish to ride a bus somewhere.
- LeifCarrotson 3y agoIf your car doesn't have a standalone navigation system built in, or it only supports Android Auto/CarPlay which require a phone, they still make automotive GPS units - and they're pretty great now, with built-in traffic, dashcam, and backup cameras: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/818681/pn/010-02729-00 https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/818681/pn/010-02729-00 The trick is knowing where you want to go - Google's search capacity to "find me a highly-rated Mexican restaurant with on the way from Work to Home", not turn-by-turn, routing, or even traffic, is the killer feature. Standalone GPS units have passable search, not just addresses, but nothing compared to that.