“Apple Maps, once a laughingstock, now dominates iPhones”

This isn’t surprising given, as the AP notes:

The iPhone’s Siri voice assistant leads direction requests straight to Apple Maps, as does tapping on an address in Mail and other apps.

The default behavior isn’t just a competitive advantage for Apple; it’s a convenience for many users.

On a personal note, in the beginning of Apple Maps I initially told my wife to never use Apple Maps. I almost exclusively now use Apple Maps.

Twice this summer traveling with family I absolutely had to get the directions right the first time and used Google Maps instead. Both times we were lead miles away from our desination and told we “had arrived” when we  were nowhere close. I had to use Apple Maps to get us back on track. I’ve never opened Google Maps since.

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