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I keep hearing from iphone users that phrase almost verbatim: "Turn by turn navigation is awesome though". If it's so awesome, why didn't you buy a standalone
by guyzero 14y ago
I keep hearing from iphone users that phrase almost verbatim: "Turn by turn navigation is awesome though".
If it's so awesome, why didn't you buy a standalone GPS or an Android phone over the last few years? Because it's nifty but for most iPhone users this is not a must-have feature. Which is why Apple can get away with shipping a crap maps app.
- fpgeek 14y agoOr, even easier, a navigation app from Apple's app store...
- wilfra 14y agoDo any of those work with Siri? That's the big value for me. When the new Maps work it is pure magic (sorry for the iMeme but it really is). -Looking straight ahead, grab phone and hold down Home button. -Siri chirps -"I need directions to foo" -"Here are directions to foo" -"In X miles turn Y on N" The only time I touched the phone was to hold down the Home button. Never once looked away from the road. It's amazing.
- Macha 14y agoA quick test on my Android phone (Desire HD running 4.1) shows that Google Now works the same way. Voice search always existed on Android, but it was certainly less polished around 2.2. Can't tell how it worked before as it never understood my accent, but then again, neither does Siri. Edit: Two presses if you want audio instructions. Google Now opens maps which doesn't do audio instructions apparently rather than navigation which does. There's a button for navigation in the maps app.