Hello Jenine and All, After borrowing a friend's Apple Watch for two days, I have decided not to purchase one.
However, earlier today, I walked 2 miles with my iPhone 6 Plus using the Apple Maps App set to tracking with Headings. The GPS announcements were spot on. It even announced businesses just as I was approaching. In a way, it felt as though I had a friend walking with me describing my surroundings. A very, very impressive and memorable experience, to be sure. I do believe this was the first time I've used the Apple Maps as a pedestrian choosing instead to use Seeing Eye GPS for such jaunts but I am glad I tried it out today. Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 10:47 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Apple Watch and Maps experience 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. -- 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.
