Apple maps traffic vs Google Maps traffic

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It’s been a long time since I used Apple maps and when I did, I was disappointed and soon reverted back to Google Maps.

I do 30k miles a year and want GOOD real time traffic data (and I really dislike the interface of Waze). I have an iPhone and using Google Maps on the phone has been no issue.

However I’m just about to get a car with CarPlay and that will only show Apple Maps on the car screen.

Will I be disappointed with the traffic/re-routing of Apple Maps or has it improved to the levels of Google?

Alternatively I can just get a phone holder and use the phone screen to show Google Maps and not use Carplay at all.

Thanks in advance.

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Bibbs said:

Apple Maps (and siri generally) is so bad that when I get a new head unit last year I swapped to an Andriod phone.

Android Auto & Google Maps is so much better than CarPlay and Apple Maps.

Does Apple allow different mapping apps on CP yet?

No. Although I have heard that you can run Waze in the background and have audio alerts for cameras etc. but have the car screen show Apple maps.

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UYV521 said:

audi321 said:

Is there anyway to have speed camera locations on Google Maps? That's all that is keeping me using Tomtom

Use the dedicated TomTom speed camera app and you can set it to overlay speed limits, current speed and camera warnings on top of Google Maps. I'm using this setup on Android and it works well - can't comment on iPhone.

This is good for Android when using the phone screen only. Won’t work for Android Auto. Won’t work at all for iPhones as they don’t have the app available.