Comment by skylurk
1 month ago
Last week I was driving and a popup from apple music to accept more terms and conditions showed up on top of Maps.
It was a tense 25 minutes of interchanges without nav before traffic was clear enough to deny the terms, and I purged the app and cancelled the subscription afterward.
Something similar, except it was a map alert that covered the map to see upcoming exits -- and there wasn't a clear way to dismiss it. It was FU UX.
The first time I connected my iPhone to my car through apple car play, it started popping up whatsapp notifications over my map!
Very bad first impression! I was shocked that they think some notification is more important than being able to know where you are driving. Notifications should not be on by default!
Did it block the audio from your maps app, too?
I don't know because I don't drive with turn-by-turn audio.
For the record, I actually like Maps for driving. I find the level of detail just right for how I use it.
My main complaint happens when you are not driving: if you let it have access to your location, Maps is constantly resetting your pan/zoom if the app becomes inactive. So on MacOS I block location, but a phone has to have your location for nav of course.
If your nav audio is muted when the popup appears, you can’t unmute it until the popup is cleared.
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