<story><title>New Apple maps app under fire from users</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19659736</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rmc</author><text>&lt;i&gt;I expect within a short time we will see an iOS Google Maps that is on par with the Android app.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if Google will do that. Surely they want people to use Android, and &quot;better maps on Android&quot;, would be a nice selling point.</text></item><item><author>Apreche</author><text>Just add maps.google.com to your home screen. I was doing that even before the new iOS. It&apos;s better than the new Maps app or the old one. Bicycle directions!&lt;p&gt;Also, FYI, the previous Maps app did use Google Maps, but the app itself was written by Apple. I once was at a Google event and asked a Googler who works on Maps about it. They have been frustrated for years that they could not update that app when they added new features to Google Maps. I expect within a short time we will see an iOS Google Maps that is on par with the Android app.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anextio</author><text>No. Google want people using their services. They don&apos;t care if people are using Android or not - Android is simply a platform upon which they can get users to use their services. That is their only vested interest.</text></comment>
<story><title>New Apple maps app under fire from users</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19659736</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rmc</author><text>&lt;i&gt;I expect within a short time we will see an iOS Google Maps that is on par with the Android app.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if Google will do that. Surely they want people to use Android, and &quot;better maps on Android&quot;, would be a nice selling point.</text></item><item><author>Apreche</author><text>Just add maps.google.com to your home screen. I was doing that even before the new iOS. It&apos;s better than the new Maps app or the old one. Bicycle directions!&lt;p&gt;Also, FYI, the previous Maps app did use Google Maps, but the app itself was written by Apple. I once was at a Google event and asked a Googler who works on Maps about it. They have been frustrated for years that they could not update that app when they added new features to Google Maps. I expect within a short time we will see an iOS Google Maps that is on par with the Android app.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AnthonyMouse</author><text>&amp;#62;I wonder if Google will do that. Surely they want people to use Android, and &quot;better maps on Android&quot;, would be a nice selling point.&lt;p&gt;The more difficult problem will be getting the app past Apple when it so clearly &apos;duplicates functionality in iOS.&apos; My understanding is that one of the main drivers behind the change on Apple&apos;s part is that they wanted to collect user location data (and deprive Google of it), which doesn&apos;t do the job if 95% of the user base switches to the Google app straight away.</text></comment>