henkejs
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Any Android Phone Users Here?
Here's a question for people who have more experience with smart phones than I do. Why doesn't Google give me what I ask for when I do a search on my phone? Here's an example: today I was 60 miles away from Seattle, but I wanted a current view of Seattle traffic so I could plan an efficient route into town. I typed "Seattle traffic map" into the search window. What popped up was a map of my immediate location zoomed in to about a one-mile radius.
It took a lot of scrolling and zooming in and out to eventually find what I wanted. By contrast if I do this exact same search from my desktop computer at home, it gives me a map showing the entire Seattle metro area which I can easily zoom in to examine the specific routes I'm interested in.
Why do the same search terms give me such different results on the phone and the desktop? It's like Google is guessing what it thinks I want rather than giving me what I ask for. Is there a magic setting I just don't know about?
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57Gregy
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/15 14:33:40
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☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK 2018/07/15 17:02:17
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henkejs
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 01:03:48
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57Gregy
Disable your location.
I'll have to give that a try. Of course if I wanted a map of my immediate surroundings, I would ask Google for that instead of a Seattle map. . . .
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 09:43:49
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if i type "seattle traffic map" into the generic google search, it shows a thumbnail but then opens in maps at my current location, like you describe
but if i type "seattle traffic" into the maps search box it shows me the expected seattle traffic map
so search directly in maps, not the generic google search
/hth
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 11:59:37
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My phone told me this morning that 'if you leave now you can be in Newton Stewart in 28 minutes'.
I live 2 miles away. I know my van is 7 years old but that's really rubbing it in...
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 12:48:46
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jamesg1213
My phone told me this morning that 'if you leave now you can be in Newton Stewart in 28 minutes'.
I live 2 miles away. I know my van is 7 years old but that's really rubbing it in...
Shirley, it must be by foot?
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 15:56:42
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Mine has been showing me street views miles away from the location I was just navigating to. We'll be looking at houses, plug in an address, and it shows the destination point correctly....but then we go to street view to take a look at the neighborhood before we head out, and we're in some random area miles away from the destination point...I have no idea wtf is going on.
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 16:22:28
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jamesg1213
My phone told me this morning that 'if you leave now you can be in Newton Stewart in 28 minutes'.
I live 2 miles away. I know my van is 7 years old but that's really rubbing it in...
Shirley, it must be by foot?
Yeah, it just said 'if you leave now you can be in Glasgow by Wednesday'...
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 17:07:06
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2018/07/16 17:18:13
I use the Waze app on my iPhone for gps traffic type information, it's excellent. I am assuming that it is available as android as well.
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 17:27:11
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I use the Waze app on my iPhone for gps traffic type information, it's excellent. I am assuming that it is available as android as well.
Yes, this is a very good app and have been using it on Android for a couple of years now. For those who like to put the pedal to the metal, it also lets you (somewhat) know where the coppers are.
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 22:04:11
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Yep, Waze here too. Work well.
If asking Google in the browser you say, " Hey Google" and ask directions to so and so...not sure maybe there's something amiss in their maps if that isn't working for you. Sometimes it misunderstands what you're asking it..All depends on how you ask.
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/16 22:11:38
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So if I disable my location... will I be moved to an undisclosed location of IT'S choosing?! Or will the location no longer exist?! (scary power, this new technology)
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/18 17:13:22
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If you disable your location I suspect it still knows where you are. The disable button only applies to the average person. The CIA, FBI, MOSSAD, and your mom probably still know. 
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/18 20:43:10
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This is called artificial intelligence, or AI. The programmers at Google understand you better than you do, and their algorithms are always correct. You may have thought you wanted a Seattle traffic map, but the AI knows better. So simply sit back and let Google's AI overlords handle stuff, and no more silly questions, OK??
/sarcasm
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/19 01:40:15
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It is scary....I have AI in my text app. It figures out phrases and words while I'm typing. Not the small words either. 75% of the time it predicts what I'm going to type. I'm trying to figure out how I can get it to carry on a conversation when I'm busy.
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Re: Any Android Phone Users Here?
2018/07/19 20:35:58
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MandolinPicker
This is called artificial intelligence, or AI. The programmers at Google understand you better than you do, and their algorithms are always correct. You may have thought you wanted a Seattle traffic map, but the AI knows better. So simply sit back and let Google's AI overlords handle stuff, and no more silly questions, OK??
/sarcasm
I'm glad someone has me figured out.
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