I really like it, but it'd be nice if they offered customization options for folks who feel differently.
https://osmand.net is also an open source option.
I've tried OsmAnd, unfortunately it's too slow for me compared to pretty smooth operation of GMaps. I also use Google Timeline very extensively, with tagging all visited places and snap-to-road whenever I can. So far I haven't found any open-source direct replacement for Timeline, it can be pretty annoying at times (e.g. Google mangling already manually corrected routes and not telling me).
Interesting. I find it much snappier than Google Maps because it can do higher framerates.
I just want to have higher information density in google maps. Having to constantly zoom in to see buildings is a pain.
That looks like a colorblind mode. The roads not using yellow and instead that muted gray is much worse.
As a colorblind person, this new color palette is so much fucking worse
Why would you change the roads to grey from yellow? What? What is the primary thing your eye is seeking when using a GPS app?
When using the general view? Typically landmarks and buildings so I appreciate this change. Roads are most important when using navigation, which they made much more vibrant. I'm finding these to be welcome changes.
Agreed! I think it strikes a good balance, whereas highways were a bit overemphasized before.
I do think that the highway emphasis is important, as you're typically traveling faster and you don't want to take your eyes off the road more than you have to. Having the bright yellow highway for things like complex offramps has been helpful to me in the past. I'll just have to see how it goes.
It becomes very vibrant when you're in navigation mode. Similar to before but more saturated.
It would be nice if they fixed their app so that when I set it to always dark mode, it actually stays in always dark mode. I don't have much faith in UI improvements when that bug has plagued me for literally years, across Android versions and devices. But now the colors that suddenly blind me when it changes from dark to light will be different, yay?
It seems to stay properly for me. My gripe is that it doesn't have an option for automatically changing based on the time of day without the OS also being set to do so.
