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Waze for iOS picks up ‘Planned Drives’ feature
Waze, a Google-owned community-based traffic and navigation app, today rolled out a new feature called Planned Drives which lets you schedule a drive and get a reminder to leave on time, based on live...
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How to download areas in Google Maps for offline use
For those of you that love Google Maps more than iOS’ built-in Maps app, Google Maps has a wonderful feature built into it that lets you download maps from specific regions for offline use. This...
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Apple hires a satnav expert who holds a patent for preventing car collisions
Revered software engineer Sinisa Durekovic has joined Apple in an unspecified role in October, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources. Durekovic was charged with managing the development of...
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How to avoid toll roads when getting directions from the Maps app
Apple has been stepping up its mapping and navigation development efforts to bring users more powerful functionality. Starting with iOS 10, you can now streamline your navigation experience by...
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Is watchOS 4 finally going to get the Home screen right?
Much was made of Apple’s third major software overhaul for watchOS this year with Control Center and the Dock seeing the light of day, finally making for a much beefier experience on our wrists. The...
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Google Maps for iOS updated with searching along route and Nearby Traffic widget
Google today pushed an update to its native Maps app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, adding a pair of new features whilst bumping version number to 4.25.0. Like with Apple Maps, Google’s app now...
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How to disable vocal alerts for turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps
If you use Google Maps to go places you’re not accustomed to, then you’re likely familiar with navigation and the turn-by-turn vocal alerts you hear while you go. These prompts say things like “turn...
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How to use your iPhone’s compass with Apple Maps
iPhone includes a magnetometer sensor, also known as digital compass. With it, your iPhone can tell the direction it’s pointed at. Along with built-in GPS and iOS’s Location Services, this allows for...
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Gatwick Airport rolls out iBeacons for augmented reality indoor navigation
Gatwick Airport, the UK’s second busiest airport after London Heathrow, has installed 2,000 battery-powered iBeacons for indoor navigation and passenger tracking. Available across Gatwick Airport’s...
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Apple shows off brand new Maps app features in iOS 11
Apple announced a bevy of new features for its own mapping and navigation service that comes bundled into iOS on mobile devices. Among them, Maps is now more intelligent when helping to guide to...
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Disable Waze’s menu-based swipe gesture with FarewellGestureWaze
Waze is one of the most popular third-party navigation apps for the iOS platform, but some users find that the interface isn’t without its quirks. For example, the swipe gesture you might use to...
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Apple Maps lane guidance expands to New Zealand, Belgium, Netherlands & Sweden
Lane guidance, a new Apple Maps feature in iOS 11 for iPhone, iPad and CarPlay, has expanded to four additional countries following its debut in iOS 11 last fall and subsequent expansion in November...
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Apple Maps rolls out transit directions in Milwaukee and Omaha
Apple Maps customers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Omaha, Nebraska can now use their iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch to get transit directions with bus lines and more.... Read the rest of this post...
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You can now connect Waze for iPhone with any Ford vehicle running SYNC 3
As promised, Google-owned Waze has been updated with support for Ford’s SYNC 3 protocol.... Read the rest of this post here "You can now connect Waze for iPhone with any Ford vehicle running SYNC 3"...
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Apple Maps lane guidance expands to Croatia and Slovenia
Apple Maps customers in Croatia and Slovenia can now use a lane guidance feature.... Read the rest of this post here "Apple Maps lane guidance expands to Croatia and Slovenia" is an article by...
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Google Maps: how to swap out driving navigation arrow for vehicle icons
Google Maps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch makes it easy to customize vehicle icons. You can only spicy up your ride this way when using the app’s driving navigation mode.... Read the rest of this...
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How to customize Maps turn-by-turn navigation alerts on your Apple Watch in...
watchOS 5 brings new customizations to the stock Maps app on your Apple Watch, including the ability to personalize your turn-by-turn wrist alerts for driving, CarPlay and walking.... Read the rest of...
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How to stop seeing Maps when using Apple Watch stepping directions in watchOS 5
watchOS 5 brings some tweaks to the Maps app on your wrist, like choosing to show or optionally hide Maps when using Apple Watch stepping directions. For those times when you might want to toggle off...
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Google Maps app gains Events section, route elevation for biking & walking...
The search giant yesterday refreshed the Google Maps app for iPhone and iPad on App Store, adding a new Events feature and elevation data for walking and cycling routes.... Read the rest of this post...
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You can now use Google’s Waze using CarPlay
The latest version of Waze finally adds CarPlay support to the popular navigation app. The compatibility arrives with the 4.43.4 app update.... Read the rest of this post here "You can now use...
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