Updating to iOS 16 has reportedly introduced issues with the mapping app
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It might be worth holding off on updating youriPhonetoiOS 16, at least for now, as users are reporting a serious bug inGoogle Mapswhen using Apple CarPlay.
Although the timing could be coincidental, iPhone users have reportedon Redditabout the bug appearing since upgrading toApple’s latest version ofiOS. The bug appears to be affecting the GPS location of an iPhone runningGoogle Maps.
Specifically, the problem occurs when Google Maps is running onCarPlay, Apple’s iPhone-powered car infotainment system.
The bug isn’t affecting everyone – we haven’t seen any issues with iPhone 14 Pro running iOS 16 – but some users have described their Google Maps app as going “haywire”. One user saidon Reddit: “The directions go haywire and don’t show me on the road and to turn somewhere completely incorrect.”
One user said how Google Maps on CarPlay has been “extremely buggy” since iOS 16 arrived, with another saying: “The map shoots to the middle of the ocean”.
Yet another said: “My Google Maps, while open, will cause everything else to be laggy and unresponsive. For example hitting ‘skip’ on audio will skip to the next track immediately but the next song will not show for 5-15 seconds. Tapping anything gives a massive delay of the same amount. Only happens while Google Maps is running. Apple Maps doesn’t do the same.”
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For now, if your iPhone is showing the same issue it could be worth switching to an alternative navigation app, likeWazeorApple Maps.
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