The same experiment with “korean chinese restaurants” displayed results miles away. With Google’s product you can tap on the arrow that plots your location and then type in a phrase like “korean chinese restaurants.” Your results are usually good, and they’re nearby.Īpple’s limited knowledge of the world that makes up its maps is striking at this point. While plotting an address is easy enough, finding something nearby isn’t, and the difference between Google and Apple is vast. The problems start when you’re looking for a place. If you replaced Apple’s product with Google’s last year, there’s no reason to consider going back, at least until Apple’s begins integrating its recent purchases. Let’s just say Google doesn’t have anything to worry about for the time being.įrom locating, to discovery, to navigation, Apple Maps trails Google Maps in every respect. It didn’t really need it: it already had the killer travel apps. The Waze purchase was seen as an effort by Google to keep the startup out of the hands of Apple and Facebook. It bought traffic navigation app Waze in June. After adding its Google Maps app back to iOS in December 2012 and quickly surpassing 10 million downloads, Google rolled out update after update, like live traffic alerts and transit updates in major cities. Google didn’t sit idly by, either, even though it was far in the lead. It bought the popular transit app Embark in late August and bought HopStop in July. Over the last year Apple’s Maps have not changed, but the company has made purchases to help improve the product. Last year’s debut of an Apple-made map product in iOS 6 was widely recognized as a disaster, despite the equally acknowledged fact that Apple had to stop relying on Google’s Maps at some point. With the update comes a radical re-design of the user experience on smartphones and tablets, as well as Apple’s second attempt to get its Maps product right.
Today Apple released iOS 7, the latest version of its operating system for the iPhone and iPad. Results for the same search on Google Maps generated nearby results. The quality of search results leaves much to be desired. Hybrid view of Apple Maps on the iPhone in landscape.ĭirections on Apple Maps default to driving.Ĭhanging default directions requires digging into iOS settings. View of Apple Maps on the iPhone in landscape.
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