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put in a new maps app and refine it over time alright, but let us keep the Google maps app alongside. Is that too much to ask? If Google had a maps app, it wou
by ryannielsen 14y ago
put in a new maps app and refine it over time alright, but let us keep the Google maps app alongside. Is that too much to ask?
If Google had a maps app, it wouldn't be too much to ask. Google doesn't have a maps app; iOS has a maps app, which was powered by Google up until iOS 6. If/when Google creates a maps app, I'm willing to bet Apple will approve it for the App Store, just as they've approved Chrome and Gmail.
Apple's contract to use Google as the back-end data source for iOS's Maps app expired and, for all we know, Google refused to renegotiate another contract. I doubt that's the case, but anyone asserting anything either way is simply speculating unless they're sourcing from someone at Apple or Google.
- aufreak3 14y agowhatever .. I reserve my right as a user (who's paid for the device) to have expectations of functionality - the business side of things be damned. For now, I've done an "add to home screen" of the google maps mobile device page. Works much better for me than the native maps.
- ryannielsen 14y agoI never said you should limit your expectations. I was simply laying out facts. You can like them or hate them, that's entirely up to you; I personally don't care either way. I'm glad you've found a more usable replacement for iOS 6's Maps.