FishenFool
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Instead of hitting my apps in play store you need to go into settings in the play store.
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Any other solution to stop the auto-updating?
I don't mean to come across as overly harsh but if folks would just take a few minutes to either a) explore the new Maps or b) read a few posts in this thread, the signal-to-noise ratio in this discussion would be vastly improved.
I honestly thought most of the people complaining about the "missing" Navigation app were trolling here but now it's looking more like a symptom of the instant-gratification, self-entitled mindset seen way too often these days.
Today's smartphone is a true miracle of modern technology. Approach it as such and take a few minutes to try to figure things out on your own. If you take into account all of a smartphone's capabilities, the learning curve of these things is really not that steep.
When Google updates any app, or rolls-over the operating system it would be really nice to receive a text or e-mail that this is happening! My Android device has gone through numerous O/S changes unbeknownst to me. It's like re-arranging the furniture on a blind person. So, when the "Navigation" app totally disappeared it is NOT 100% intuitive to go "Oh, I guess I'll switch over to the "maps" application. They should have let the navigation icon on-screen with a simple note that said "Navigation has been replaced by Maps"....Google G-mail also updated itself with a completely new user interface and menu structure, which is hugely un-nerving.
You may not mean it, but you do come across as overly harsh. I've been using Android for several years now, and there has always been a separate Navigation app as far as I can recall. Indeed, I used it more than Maps, and it was on the permanent toolbar of my Nexus 4. Then it disappeared. WTF? This is a major change in the navigation UI, and the resulting confusion isn't the result of stupidity or "the instant-gratification, self-entitled mindset seen way too often these days"; it's the result of a reasonable expectation being violated.
Even still, it's tough to argue that Google dropped the ball on the new Maps release since they've always made it clear that Navigation is a beta product.
Actually, not so clear. If you look at their Maps website, Google Mobile Maps, the word "beta" doesn't appear anywhere, especially not in their Turn-by-turn Navigation description. And if you click Download to get to their Google Play page, no mention of beta there, either. It does seem like their developers operate with a perpetual beta mentality, but since Maps is installed automatically on every Android phone out there, which could easily number in the billions, it should be about time for their most heavily touted software to grow up.
I use MyMaps for fastest routing of multiple destinations and really want to see that functionality come back.
YES same thing happen to me I have a htc dna ...i want it back!!!!!!
Actually, not so clear. If you look at their Maps website, Google Mobile Maps, the word "beta" doesn't appear anywhere, especially not in their Turn-by-turn Navigation description. And if you click Download to get to their Google Play page, no mention of beta there, either. It does seem like their developers operate with a perpetual beta mentality, but since Maps is installed automatically on every Android phone out there, which could easily number in the billions, it should be about time for their most heavily touted software to grow up.
Don't get me wrong - I've been a Google fan since they were just a search engine. Their quirky upstart nature was fun - in the beginning. "Don't be evil" is a great dig at Microsoft. The products that have succeeded have done so because they were just plain better than anything else, and the previous version of Nav was no exception. Even this updated version is better in many respects. I just feel they didn't consider how people use the Navigation function when they made the latest update. And now that it gets automatically pushed to almost everyone in the world, I will argue that they dropped the ball.
Dialog box when using Navigation for the first time:
Clicking "How to get started" in Maps help takes you here:
To me, this is pretty clear.
It didn't get pushed to any of my devices automatically. I reviewed the changes before manually updating Maps.