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It is up to each app to store their state and resume. One of the most annoying apps for not doing this well is Google Maps. Holy crap I hate when I search somet

It is up to each app to store their state and resume. One of the most annoying apps for not doing this well is Google Maps. Holy crap I hate when I search something and get a route set and tab out to check something and com eback to a fresh Google Maps like 5 seconds later. They will fix it for a while then break it again several times a year. Once you start navigating it seems pretty reliable but until you hit start it is a shitshow.

kergonath 3y ago
The Google Maps app is atrocious on iOS. So is their website.
- dcdc123 3y ago
  Other than not always storing state the Google Maps app works quite nicely on iOS.
behnamoh 3y ago
I just switched to Apple Maps and have been pretty happy with it. Uninstalled Google Maps. Telling me that in 2010 would make me laugh at you.
- dcdc123 3y ago
  Apple Maps is terrible at discovery which is what I am doing with Google Maps 90% of the time.
  - Huppie 3y ago
    I really want to like it, but it's pretty terrible at many things imho. I've tried really hard to switch to Apple Maps but even after three months it simply can't seem to remember I basically drive to 5-6 addresses on a weekly basis. It's always to the parking lot near the office on Monday and Wednesday morning, daycare to pick up the youngest on the way back, swimming pool on Saturday, etc. etc. but navigating to those addresses is always a pain (even selecting it from recent addresses in CarPlay) and it did sent me to the same street as the daycare in a completely different town several times now. While I value not giving more data to google, after three months I decided it simply wasn't worth it. I found the experience (especially the first time it sent me to a completely different town I never go to and I didn't catch it) pretty infuriating.
    - VogonPoetry 3y ago
      I'd recommend setting up some Shortcuts with the addresses that can be triggered from Siri. For example, "Siri, we're going to the office", "Siri, let's go swimming", One nit with this is that I haven't been able to make it automatically transition into navigation.

kergonath 3y ago

The Google Maps app is atrocious on iOS. So is their website.

dcdc123 3y ago
Other than not always storing state the Google Maps app works quite nicely on iOS.

behnamoh 3y ago

I just switched to Apple Maps and have been pretty happy with it. Uninstalled Google Maps. Telling me that in 2010 would make me laugh at you.

dcdc123 3y ago
Apple Maps is terrible at discovery which is what I am doing with Google Maps 90% of the time.
- Huppie 3y ago
  I really want to like it, but it's pretty terrible at many things imho. I've tried really hard to switch to Apple Maps but even after three months it simply can't seem to remember I basically drive to 5-6 addresses on a weekly basis. It's always to the parking lot near the office on Monday and Wednesday morning, daycare to pick up the youngest on the way back, swimming pool on Saturday, etc. etc. but navigating to those addresses is always a pain (even selecting it from recent addresses in CarPlay) and it did sent me to the same street as the daycare in a completely different town several times now. While I value not giving more data to google, after three months I decided it simply wasn't worth it. I found the experience (especially the first time it sent me to a completely different town I never go to and I didn't catch it) pretty infuriating.
  - VogonPoetry 3y ago
    I'd recommend setting up some Shortcuts with the addresses that can be triggered from Siri. For example, "Siri, we're going to the office", "Siri, let's go swimming", One nit with this is that I haven't been able to make it automatically transition into navigation.