Comment on Apple Maps will finally be getting offline downloads
Tandybaum@lemmy.world 1 year agoOffline maps are a little above a “nice to have” feature for me. However, I think it makes it worth giving it another solid try for a few weeks. I’ll check it out as soon as iOS 17 hits.
SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 1 year ago
Apple maps will actually suggest storing offline maps if an area you’ll be going through is known to have bad cell service. Not sure how they’re determining where there’s bad service.
9to5mac.com/…/ios-17-apple-maps-offline-maps-rout…
InvisibleShade@kbin.social 1 year ago
Probably from carrier coverage maps
SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 1 year ago
That or tracking anonymous data from people’s phones. Hopefully if that’s it they go based on if the maps actually load instead of just bars because there’s plenty of places with good signal but unusable data due to congestion.