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Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by creators of Apple’s Siri

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Re: Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by creators of Apple’s Siri

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Post by ovao »

curt15 wrote: post #109
ovao wrote: post #94

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That depends on the application (and website) in which you're tapping the address. In some cases that will be Google Maps, if installed, in others you'll be presented with open-with options, in others still it will be Apple Maps.

Apps on iOS have to hardcode every other third-party handler that they want to work with besides Apple Maps. If an app presents you with open-with options for maps, that's because the developer took the trouble to add extra codepaths for Google Maps, HERE Maps, etc.

That's good clarification, thank you.

Re: Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by creators of Apple’s Siri

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Post by chipotle_coyote »

xenobioticants wrote: post #54
chipotle_coyote wrote: post #32

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While this is a war of anecdotes, I can safely say this has never happened to me. If I search for coffee shops around me, I see...coffee shops around me. The new redesign of maps for iOS 10 has -- at least to me -- a much better UX than the current Google Maps app does, also.

To pile on: all of you guys reside in the US. Google Maps its data is much more up to date compared to Apple Maps in most of the world. Navigating in SE-Asia with Gmaps is a breeze. Apple Maps constantly sent me to places, only to have the current address owner (and Google Maps) tell me that the business I was searching for moved. Same in Europe. Doesn't hurt that Google Maps has public transit integrated pretty much…

Apple Maps is absolutely way behind in non-US cities; I happen to like Apple's UX more, but I wouldn't recommend anyone switch if Google is better in their area. I'm quite aware I'm in the area that Apple is arguably strongest in, although they're pretty good around all of the US now. People also have an idea of How Much Apple Maps Sucks that's somewhat frozen in time -- for instance, while their transit is way behind Google's, they're in 33 cities now, not 10. (And their transit maps tend to be more detailed than Google's in my experience, giving you specific exits from larger transit stations to take.)

At any rate, sure, Apple Maps isn't as good yet. They launched years after Google Maps and with a much smaller team. (There are some interesting politics behind that, from what I've heard; just say that the fiasco of the Maps launch is the primary reason Scott Forstall is no longer with the company.) The team now numbers over 1000, from what I've heard, and I expect the gap to continue to close -- but it's going to continue to take a while.

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