I mean it's great to have a backup map if you go outside of cellular coverage. It works well overseas too, so you can save data and preload the map, or just use it offline entirely while you're travelling.

> I still don’t understand why they implemented this but it works very well. I wish OSM maps had the same level of offline search and routing.

What do you mean? Don't most OSM map apps have offline search and routing for any areas you have downloaded?

All the apps I have seen have terrible search. In Google I can type in "xxx Street Burbank" and will get a result. In OSM I have to go through state, city, zip and know all that stuff. Much worse than google Maps.