thanks for posting, Jenine. I haven't played with Maps too much, but that fits with my limited experience. Cheers, Donna > On May 3, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is for donna and others wondering about how the Maps app works on both > the phone and Watch. > > It seems, unless someone knows a trick I don’t, that if you just turn the > Maps app on in your phone, it does not automatically handoff to the Watch or > match the Maps App on the Watch in any way. > > right now it seems all you can really do with the Maps app on the Watch as a > stand-alone is to get your position when standing still with a nifty visual > map plus street address. This is not particularly accurate either. The GPS > seems to be a bit lagging or like the last generation GPS receivers in the > old phones that used Mobile speak. > > Now for the pairing/handoff feature. this is cool but again there is a > definite lag while walking. I was well past my turns before getting the > haptic or verbal feedback to turn. It did show my destination, my home, just > as I stepped onto my driveway which was good but the turns were really off. > > The Maps app on the Watch is also invoked when you have an address in a > message or other app on the Watch and you either double tap it or do the > forced touch on it, depending on the app. This is the same as if you start > the direction process on your phone apparently as both seem to use Apple > Maps. > > The handoff process is quick, maybe 2 seconds tops but then the GPS is slow > to keep up. > > Right now the only GPS seems to be using Apple Maps. If anyone knows of > anything different, please shout out. > > Oh and finally, I set the tracking option to “ON” for the Watch and “ON with > Headings” for the phone and it seemed to make no difference. > > Can’t wait to hear other people’s experiences. > > Oh and I’m beyond happy the Transit App is fixed so you can see the next bus > with VO! > Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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