New pop ups are too frequent and dangerous
I have always loved Google maps but the recent addition of requests to provide feedback on whether speed cameras are still there etc. are constant, distracting and annoying. I get trying to help get the most up to date info but it constantly asks me about permanent speed cameras rather than actual mobile ones. Also I feel like it should distribute these questions across more people so that it doesn’t feel like I’m constantly getting asked. I’m happy to help every now and then but it’s currently too often. There should also be an option to cancel it off the screen because sometimes it’s blocking key info. Also sometimes I can’t confirm or deny as I wasn’t looking out for whatever it was (too busy focusing on the road) but there isn’t an option to close the screen so I end up putting in a made up answer to close it. This can’t be helpful for getting accurate information. Please update this feature asap!
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Terrible on new iPhone!
Never had an issue with Google maps before, and I have always used it over Apple Maps as it had been objectively better - however I can’t say this is true after using it on my new iPhone 16 Pro.
“True north”, “Avoid motorways”, voice navigation repeatedly turning itself on and off - sometimes mid journey! It has caused much confusion, has made it very unpleasant and sometimes dangerous to try and follow (if I’m using maps it’s because I’m unfamiliar with an area and therefore not confident either). It’s caused me further delays coming off of a motorway I was perfectly happy driving along to much confusion (and an extra hours journey time) following along like a lemming and assuming Google maps is saving me from an eternity sat in traffic (due to a broken down horse box or whatever), only to find out it’s because google has suddenly decided I don’t like motorways.
It’s highly doubtful I’ve been turning them on in my pocket seeing as it takes me a five minute Google to figure out the uselessly complex way of turning them back off. Feel like I’m being punished for not having a Google pixel with an unusably glitchy app!
“True north”, “Avoid motorways”, voice navigation repeatedly turning itself on and off - sometimes mid journey! It has caused much confusion, has made it very unpleasant and sometimes dangerous to try and follow (if I’m using maps it’s because I’m unfamiliar with an area and therefore not confident either). It’s caused me further delays coming off of a motorway I was perfectly happy driving along to much confusion (and an extra hours journey time) following along like a lemming and assuming Google maps is saving me from an eternity sat in traffic (due to a broken down horse box or whatever), only to find out it’s because google has suddenly decided I don’t like motorways.
It’s highly doubtful I’ve been turning them on in my pocket seeing as it takes me a five minute Google to figure out the uselessly complex way of turning them back off. Feel like I’m being punished for not having a Google pixel with an unusably glitchy app!
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Stupid engineering
I used to use google maps a lot because it was the only app that allowed me to add up to 9 stops, as a hospital driver picking up multiple patients this was an excellent option for me because I could put all my stops in the map and could schedule who was my 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on pick ups, but I started to dislike it because now the map shows places I’m not even interested in, example McDonald’s, Subway, tire shop, restaurants, etc. I can’t even see my stops order, A,B,C etc because the stupid logos for those places are blocking my A,B,C stops and I have to zoom in and out trying to figure out if that stop is an A, B or C. Too much garbage shown. Also they need to fix the “Left turns on busy streets, it’s extremely dangerous to make someone turn left an a 2 or more lanes street without a traffic light, I do not always follow turn by turn guidance because I avoid left turns on busy streets without a traffic light, a traffic light will make you turn easier/safer/sooner than without, I also don’t like it when the app shows you “Your location is on the left” No, no, no…not safe, your location should ALWAYS be on the right except if it’s a one way street, public buses for a reason only have the exit/enter doors on the right, never the left, these google maps app developers are stupid for not using common sense, thank god Apple Maps also give me the option to add multiple stops so now I don’t have to use Google.
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