This latest trip was my second on Route 66 and the first with a dedicated navigation solution. I was actually pretty impressed with the app in that it did a great job of keeping us on the route, displayed well on our CarPlay, and provided excellent waypoint and site information. The navigation had a couple of quirks, like it might pull us off an inter state section to drive four feet of the old road and put us right back on the highway, but the fact that this only happens a few times across thousands of miles is pretty impressive.
The speed limits could be way off, but always erred on the side of caution. Once we figured this was happening we stopped getting honkers behind us. The main issue with that is the time estimates could be widely off. We used this app paired with Apple Maps to get a better estimate of where we may end each day.
I’m going to bring the points of interest back up again because they really are super well done. Better than our books to be honest. They also pop up when you’re driving so you know where to look.
I’m going to list the warts now and these are really only to highlight where the app could be improved. I still suggest all people buy this.
1) for goodness sake, give us audio prompts for directions. We are paying attention to that road and the sites. I missed a lot of turns because I couldn’t also watch the screen. When you miss a turn the app can then bug out and won’t redirect well unless you back track.
2) you can download the maps which is essential for poor reception but it doesn’t download the points of interest. This is super annoying and there’s no reason to not have them downloaded.
3) bug alert - when you click on a point of interest and get time estimates it bases it on the last time you used the app for navigation. That could have been hours ago. When you select a route why on earth doesn’t it immediately query you’re current location?
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