I assume these rating interfaces are only visible to you if your iCloud account was detected there a while ago (e.g. you visited with your phone)? Can‘t manage to bring up any rating interface for places I visited in the US a few years ago.
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Apple Maps Thread - iOS 15
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Nope…I’m able to rate in ANY of the countries that have added it and for any location, not just places I have actually been to.
Tried your Pizza place, no dice here. The Ratings & Photos section in the user setting panel has also vanished a few weeks ago…
Guess it‘s tied to your iCloud account region then… sad.
But then again, implying it‘d go live here with the vanilla iOS 6 tier map still (not even detail level 2).
Is there no way to have the title/artwork show up in e.g. your instrument cluster while using maps on the infotainment screen?
This is how I can have mine (BMW):
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It is available as an option for the car manufacturers for a couple of years now...but I don't know of one that has done it.
But it is on the car company, not Apple.
EDIT: I forgot that I did an earlier response on this...BMW has a basic version that will show as well as in their HUD.
Genesis does briefly display the name of the song when the track changes on the HUD, but then it slides away. My fully digital instrument cluster doesn't display audio at all. Odd that it's not even an option.
Music from Apple CarPlay (or any audio source) *does* display on the far right corner of my massive 14.5 inch infotainment screen, with artwork and everything (so they are making use of the "second stream" for audio info). But when I actually enter Apple CarPlay, that "audio card" vanishes, and won't display the audio info from CarPlay. (But if I'm listening to something else, such as Sirius XM, the audio card will remain available while inside CarPlay.) So basically, my car won't show the secondary audio card if I'm actually inside the source of the audio on the main screen.
I'll try to get some photos later. I've also written to Genesis to ask them to change this programming logic. Should be a simple fix. I've also sent feedback to Apple to ask for the option to have a temporary banner appear within CarPlay. As long as it's optional, I'm sure it should be fine.
Here are some photos. I can display the Audio Card at the same time as CarPlay, but only if my audio source is NOT my iPhone. My iPhone music will otherwise display properly on the Audio Card on all other car screens and menus.
Wow. That screen is like one of those 38” monitors! I thought the one I have in my vehicle was big. That thing is ginormous!
14.5 inch ultra-widescreen! I wonder if CarPlay could natively fill up the entire screen if Genesis didn’t force that “right quadrant” split screen thing. But it’s still massive.
I believe it would...I think we discussed this last year?
The ratio of the map to direction boxes, etc. doesn't change though. You can see this in dashboard mode. I don;t remember if we figured out the exact ratios, but the right side boxes are always 40% of the screen real estate while the map is 60%, or something like that.
And in full map mode, same thing...there is a set ratio for left hand boxes/info, right hand direction boxes, Map fills up the remainder. You are seeing more info horizontally in every section. Would be nice if the info boxes stayed the same and even more of the map was visible. But this makes programming sense considering all of the different screen sizes out there.
EDIT: I think dashboard is 60% map, 40% right hand boxes (icon list to the left is fairly fixed/consistent between screens). Full map mode is like 40% for boxes on left and 60% "map" showing. They basically just flip the position of the boxes, but you definitely see more in map mode since you get some view behind the boxes and the zoom level is slightly different?
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I'ma play around with it a bit more. With the wider screen, the directions box is definitely wider as well, and fits in far more information than on my old screen.
I'm no longer experiencing "interrupted Siri syndrome", so I'm wondering if this was somehow an issue with my old car, that my new car is not experiencing. Overall, CarPlay in my new car is far snappier and more responsive, especially when changing map views and such.
Also, as of today, I've lost the "testing" of Italy, and can't see it anymore.
It does look so nice! Jealous...
I never got Italy back once I lost it after the initial release.
Oh..and my Pixel 5 showed up yesterday and I had a chance to use Google Maps on it for the first time today for a couple of short trips. It is definitely smoother on the Pixel versus the iPhone app, but not much different as far as I can see...really need to use it and dig into it more before I start filming side-by-side comparisons.
I can tell you one thing though, not having face i.d. is a major step backwards. Also, the fingerprint scanner on the back...of course, part of it is me just not used to using the phone that way, but when it is laying on my desk and I have to open it? Typing in my passcode is getting old fast. Hah!
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Among the differences you may notice between Google Maps on Android Auto vs Apple CarPlay:
-On AA, the map zooms out much further when driving on highways. Maybe too far.
-There's much more...interaction between your Android phone and your personal life. For instance, if Google already knows your work schedule and office location, and you get into your car and start up AA and open Google Maps, it will automatically load a route to work, and speak to you about it. As an example: "*ding ding* On your way to work, there's a slowdown on I-95 South approaching the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. This is still the fastest route. You will arrive at 9:45 PM."
-Google Maps on Android devices shows you a little bubble with the name of the road you're currently driving on. iOS versions have never offered this.
-When you arrive at your destination on AA, a "card" appears on screen after the route guidance ends. The card features the name and address of your destination, a phone number, an image taken from Google Street View of what your destination should look like, and even tells you your driving stats, such as your average speed, total trip time, and how accurate Google Maps' prediction of your ETA was. That's pretty neat.
….and my favorite thing in less than day? Apple Music on Android has cross fade between songs.
I swear, how does Apple not have this as an option on their own products?
What is cross fade? Not familiar with that term.
If you play around with Waze on AA also, you may notice it's not as polished as the iOS version. Waze on AA also has this odd..."fog", that seems to obscure the top portion of the map.
Cross fade is when one song is finishing and fading out, the next one starts. It doesn’t wait for each song to start after the other one is completely done. Give that d.j. Kind of effect.
Wow…they added more detailed poi’s to Los Angeles.
Checking other areas.
Here are some shots I took…
Checking other areas.
Here are some shots I took…
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It's funny how that happens with Maps.
"Hey...time to issue a huge update....shut down the servers and use the back-up from 3 years ago..."
This is driving me nuts…and has been for a while. When going from Explore or Driving view to Satellite view, the map doesn’t stay in the same place. And it seems even worse when going back to Explore view FROM Satellite view.
My childhood home outside of Los Angeles….
My childhood home outside of Los Angeles….
Is this happening when you go into a different app within CarPlay, and then switch back to Maps?
Wooooooow. Love that Staples Center!Wow…they added more detailed poi’s to Los Angeles.
Checking other areas.
Here are some shots I took…
Nope! twice it's happened and the only other apps I've had open at all besides the Maps App were the Messages App and the Music App. I was listening to music and although I did have the Messages app in the background, I wasn't currently using it or getting texts from someone. Both times I was mid-drive home when it crashed, and wasn't doing anything like tapping Music and going back to Maps or swiping to different Home Screens.. Just driving with the Maps App up.