r/GoogleMaps

I do a lot of remote work and greatly prefer when I can check out the interior of a coffee shop or restaurant and make sure there are small tables out of the way, outlets, and spots where I can post up with minimal impact.

But so many photos that people share to Google Maps are just close ups of their coffee cup sitting on a table, or other completely useless shots, that add no value to the business or possible patrons.

I realize this probably sounds ridiculous, but it's almost as if the old voice just sounded like a robot navigator, whereas the new one is almost like having an cute female passenger who you don't want to embarrass yourself in front of by making a wrong turn. I would guess it's probably made a small but measurable improvement to my attentiveness while using the feature.

From a quick Google search, it definitely seems like I'm in the minority here, but I can't be the only one to subconsciously find whatever archetype the new voice conjures to be kinda charming. Right?

Weird experience today, I looked up a Chinese restaurant from my iPhone search bar and it took me to Apple Maps for the location. When I clicked on order (not from a third party mind you) but for their own website I was taken to their “website” which looked a bit different from the usual but saw the prices were higher by 75 cents or more.
Did the same search in Google Maps and it took me to their real site with their real menu prices.

Is this prevalent for other places?

Im an instacart driver. Last weekend I switched back to google maps and it was normal. Letting me recent and the car on the screen was in the direction of ny vehicle. This weekend however it shows the map and the car on the screen going the opposite direction. I tried to recent nothing. No app update. It shows the car driving towards the ground or right or left on my screen. Anyone else?

I'm not sure if these are bad faith on the part of a user or a big, but while driving a long stretch of highway Google keeps interrupting to remind me the highway is under construction. They're putting in a new lane, so it doesn't affect anyone and hasn't for the past years it's been going on.

Any options other than turning Google off? I don't want to miss my exit but nobody needs to be reminded of what we can clearly see this often...

For whatever reason my Google Maps has crapped out on me… Ive had to restart my phone each time I try to use it. It will freeze in one place and not track the movements.

When I used to look up store locations in the app, the name of the business I was searching for typically rose to the top of the listed results after a few words (sometimes with a logo for larger chains) and the results that appeared on the map only showed actual locations of that business.

Now the search bar functions more like a keyword search - businesses don’t appear in the results list even after typing in their full name, and options that pop up on the map are irrelevant or sponsored.

For example, if I search for Old Navy, I’ll get results for similar businesses (like Nordstrom Rack) and completely unrelated ones with similar names (like “Navy Bar” or “2-bedroom condo in old historic navy yard”). Then I have to go digging through dozens of those listings to find the actual Old Navy locations near me.

Is this a recent update? Are there any settings I can change to get relevant search results back?