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Re:Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search on... by DaiPlusPlus on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @03:44AM (#15336899)
The main aftermarket satnav products are from Garmin and TomTom - and in-car systems tend to either license their tech or use NavTeq/HERE. Even Apple Maps bootstrapped off TomTom and still largely just aggregates from other sources.

I use iOS, but I very much prefer using Google Maps to Apple Maps: mainly for the Google Account integration, and it feels like they provide more information (shop/restaurant hours, street-view) even though Apple Maps provides almost the same level of detail. On my desktop I use a Google Maps and the map design is the same so familiarity helps, whereas Apple Maps is strictly off-limits for Windows and Linux users.

Given that Apple and Microsoft are no-longer competing in the mobile space (MSFT finally admitted Windows Phone's failure earlier this year) maybe we can see Apple choosing MSFT/Bing services over Google? Apple could save a lot of money by switching to Bing Maps, and with a re-skin no-one would notice!

Re:Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search on... by chrisper on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @04:50AM (#15337163)
HERE has their own app, too. It is not bad, but sadly not quite Google Maps level.

https://wego.here.com

https://here.com/en/products-services/consumer-app/here-wego...

Btw. HERE is owned by Audi and some other car companies.

Re:Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search on... by dpcx on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:28AM (#15337999)
It also has an offline feature that most other mobile map services would kill for.