Is Google Maps getting worse? - eviltoast

My dad uses Google Maps, and he mentioned that it seems to be getting worse. Like, giving him directions that are obviously worse than alternatives. Has anyone else here experienced this?

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Apparently everyone ITT has had 100 times more trouble with Google maps than I ever have had. Seriously entire categories of problems I’ve never experienced. Google maps has never tried to make me drive through a yard or field for example. Been using it since before it was a smartphone app.

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      2 months ago

      It’s been discussed in other comments that because Google is A/B testing their old maps model against a new AI model that only some people are experiencing it. It’s probably only being tested in some areas.

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      2 months ago

      Google maps has never tried to make me drive through a yard or field for example.

      Did someone complain about that? I’m seeing tons of complains and none of them are this

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        2 months ago

        Yeah ITT I saw someone say it tried to take them through a field and a barn, and someone else said someone’s yard. I thought it was weird.