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Post by CharlesElliott »

I like the Porsche SatNav - but as of today, Google Maps is available on CarPlay for those who want to use it. I got the update this morning.

Waze expected in a couple of weeks.
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Yes, my Google maps got an upgrade this morning too.
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CharlesElliott wrote: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:05 am I like the Porsche SatNav - but as of today, Google Maps is available on CarPlay for those who want to use it. I got the update this morning.

Waze expected in a couple of weeks.
That was quick, will play with it later, cheers for the heads up!
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First impressions with Google Maps in CarPlay:
  • Voice control doesn't work - it asked for permission to use microphone, and I gave it, but it never worked beyond that. Didn't have time to "switch it off and back on again"
  • Display of road names is weird - skewed, and can be very small. They haven't figured out how to reduce clutter on the display. Or maybe they just don't care. Minor point.
  • When you enable satellite view, it really shows how crap PCM nav is. It's almost instant and really crisp.
  • The voice guidance has a bit more information... perhaps a bit too much. But I guess you can get used to that.
  • You can have Apple navigation and Google navigation at the same time :)
  • Google nav didn't show speed limits, but Apple did. On the same roads/routes.
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Thanks Goron!

Agree, the satellite view is better on Google Maps in Car Play.

But the zooming out / zooming in is not as easy. And the Google lady is bit snappy and shouts the instructions, haha! :lol:

But it's the more reliable navigation, in our experience so far (provided there is data connection).
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+1, thanks for the info Goron. Must go and have a play with it.
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What I half noticed yesterday and noticed again from the screenshots, is that google maps doesn’t always know which way the car is facing.

It should be 90° to the right on the arrived pic above, as I’d just right right into a parking space.

I think it’s just a bit slow at doing it, but Apple maps is always accurate. Maybe it uses the compass or takes fewer samples of movement to figure it out.
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Post by Col Lamb »

Cheers Adrian for the info.

Out and about yesterday I updated Google maps on my iPhone and no Google in Car Play resulted.

At home I updated to my iPhone to IOS 12 and updated a mass of Apps.

Tried it today and there was Google maps, a bit odd of a display but hey its another GPS so whats not to like.

I did notice that there was a lot of red traffic queues showing on the way home but zero holdups anywhere, better to expect worst than actuals I suppose.
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And now Waze is updated for CarPlay.

Should please some though Waze has really gone down hill of late.
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Just spotted the Waze update. 👍🏼

I’ve not got much experience of Waze though.
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