Open Google Maps and while it’s in navigation mode, press the microphone and ask “are we there yet”.
At first, the app will tell you how much is left to your destination. Keep repeating the “Are we there yet?” question. This will annoy Google Maps to the point where it’ll simply answer “No.” Keep asking the question and Google Maps will then throw at you a snarky remark.
Source – androidpolice.com
Without any shadow of doubt Google Maps is the best overall free mapping service. But Apple is fighting back from its disastrous launch of its own mapping service, Apple Maps. In fact, Apple Maps Worldview is better currently than Google Maps.
In addition, because Apple Maps is installed by default in iPhones, iPads and Macs the majority of people are using this instead of downloading the Google Maps app that used to be installed by default. In fact, latest figures suggest Google has suffered a 60% downward hit in usage stats on iOS/Mavericks.
It will be interesting to see how these stats and services change over the next year or so. And whilst these two companies battle it out, Nokia Here maps on Windows Phone continues to grow from strength to strength, and offers the ability to download any map of your country instead of streaming the data live.
I have been using iOS 7 for a week nearly on a iPhone 5S, and it has rather surprised me. Prior to iOS 7, using Google services and apps on an iPhone was rather painful, but now sign in to Google+ and the other Google apps can sign in automatically too.
But one app that I used a lot on an android phone was Google Maps. And I hate to admit this, but on iOS 7 it works better.
Why?
Simply, the way iOS 7 does notifications, if you are in another app with Google Maps running in turn by turn navigation mode, not only does the phone speak the next turn, but it displays a large enough banner at the top of the screen with the written instructions too. This makes it really useful to use and a feature that is missing on android.
Sometimes, you wonder which operating system is more important to Google.
Google Maps for ios has now been released. It improves navigation with live traffic updates and incident reports, along with indoor maps for finding your way around shopping malls and the like.
But the big news is proper iPad support. So rush over to the Apple store and get the new update.
Good news.
Google Maps is back on Windows Phones. Ironically it is the same day Google withdraw its patent claims against Microsoft. Coincidence?
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