Google announced of it's plans to roll out it's Maps app for iPad during summer 2013

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/15/google-shows-off-upcomin...

I waited until the Google Maps app came out before upgrading my iPhone to iOS6. But now that I'm on 6, I find myself using Apple's Maps most of the time anyway. I like the interface better and it works well enough for me to drive around and check traffic.

There is a Google Maps app for iPhone and iPad. It's better than the old one, but isn't as integrated as before (i.e. it isn't the default map app).

Small correction: the iPad version isn't out yet, but apparently they're releasing it this summer.

Depends on what you mean by "integration." Google Maps is now a standalone app available (from Google) in the App Store, but it does have quite a different interface from Maps on iOS 5.

I'm not sure how the Google Maps integration works per iOS6 to be honest. All I know is that Google Maps opens whe I click on "view in maps app" in a variety of third party apps I've installed (real estate apps for example). I suspect that should I upgrade to iOS6, those apps would start opening Apple's maps, and I would severely miss the street view. That concern is currently putting me off, and I see no easy way to downgrade back to iOS5 should I'm forced to use Apple's maps app.