Ken Masters
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With the release of google now, it seriously puts siri to shame
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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls
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badcrumble
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Google Now means that the Google Search app constantly polls your location in the background, though, which is a huge battery life killer. I'm kinda bummed out about it, to be honest, because Google Now really kicks ass but my battery life matters more to me.
Ken Masters
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You can turn that off, location tracking
badcrumble
Member
You can only turn it completely on or completely off. There's no way to selectively turn off background location tracking but allow the app to track your location when it's open.
Ken Masters
Banned
I see, I also notice the GPS sign doesn't go away. Looks like I won't use it, which is a damn shame because it's amazing
Yeah you can. Allow background location tracking but turn off the GPS when not in app. You'll be asked to turn it on when you launch the app.
Ken Masters
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badcrumble
Member
That's amazingly inconvenient.
Ninja Kn1ght
Member
Having to manually adjust settings like that all the time is really contrary to the spirit of iOS.
Well it is a technically correct solution to the problem he described. I wouldn't do it either.
Google Now is contrary to the spirit of stock iOS.
but not jailbroken iOS
Also this. I notice this on my phone. Sometimes I charge to 100% and within minutes it drops few percentage points. Other times it takes longer (lol, my record us listening to audio without the screen on for nearly one hour before dropping one percent).
Also, I can have my iPhone plugged in to my computer, and it say its charging when my iPhone says it's not. I knew about trickle charging and the like on apple stuff (macs will actually show percent dropping while plugged in), but didn't kind about the hiding if it on iPhones. That's interesting, but makes a lot of sense.
I wish it could answer questions like on Android.
Ken Masters
Banned
what's up with google releasing better iOS apps then apple?
Ken Masters
Banned
report back your findings, I'm curious about the battery hit
It can. Just touch "Voice".
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/29/details-on-jony-ives-very-very-flat-design-for-ios-7/
Jon Ivy on iOS 7 changes, it sounds great! Worth a new thread?
Ken Masters
Banned
for those wanting to use Google Now without having to destroy your battery
in the app > go into settings (top right corner) > click privacy > location reporting OFF
in the app > go into settings (top right corner) > click privacy > location reporting OFF
I wonder if the report got the code name correct. A bit too modern for my tastes, but hopefully the change won't hinder the experience I have enjoyed so far.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck
JCreasy
Member
So the new design was inspired by this resort?
Maybe? Or by the revitalization and modernization of architecture of the various parts in Innsbruck. Not specifically the resort, but I couldn't locate Austria's official town page so went with Google's top hit. Shall I switch the link it to Wikipedia? Done
Valkyr Junkie
Member
So far the additional battery usage of Google Now on my 5 has been negligible. Seems more noticeable on my iPad however.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
You know what? I'm using it today and the battery drain really isn't bad at all.
Got the Shakes
Member
There is a disclaimer in the app that says they poll location data as infrequently as necessary and that running the app should have little effect on battery life. I'm glad to hear that these claims seem to be true.
PotatoeMasher
Member
iOS handles the location stuff at a system level, so I think people are overstating the effect that an additional app will have on battery life when they probably have other stuff accessing location like geofencing/passbook/dark sky/find friends.
Apple is pretty aggressive in the review process of trying to limit you to what you actually need too, so I suspect for such a high profile app they scrutinized the location usage.
Apple is pretty aggressive in the review process of trying to limit you to what you actually need too, so I suspect for such a high profile app they scrutinized the location usage.
It definatly talks back when you use English, I'm not sure on other languages though.
Got the Shakes
Member
I know for sports scores it will. Haven't messed with much else, but there is a in the app to turn on or off speaking answers back.
PotatoeMasher
Member
I think so, given they still sell it new. End of the road for the 3GS.
Ken Masters
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At this point ANY overhaul in design will be more then welcome
Just look at the iOS pics from iPhone to iPhone 5 lol
Just look at the iOS pics from iPhone to iPhone 5 lol
brotkasten
Member
And yet the OG iPad didn't get iOS 6.
PotatoeMasher
Member
The OG iPad had 256MB of RAM. It struggled even before multitasking was available. They could cut off the 4, but I doubt it.
brotkasten
Member
Actually, I read his post wrong. The 3GS has 256 MB RAM and still got iOS 6.
PotatoeMasher
Member
Yep, the 256 wasn't so bad on the phone. When I went from 3GS to 4 it felt like effective speed was roughly the same, just with that amazing Retina display.
The phones sell so many more units than the original iPad that it was easy for them to drop.
The iPad was underpowered the day it shipped. They clearly wanted to hit a price point and battery life and made the sacrifice on RAM. Safari needed to constantly reload tabs even with iOS 3.2.
There are other icons that could use some of that. Clock, stocks, the compass (!), Maps (Although its icon is the least of its problems) etc.
They stopped manufacturing the iPad 1 the day iPad 2 came out. They still manufacture the iPhone 4.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
What's so special about Google Now? Does it just search things for you?
Jayayess1190
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Ken Masters
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Basically what apple wishes Siri was
Solideliquid
Member
How do I get it to show me flight information?
Dave Meltzer
Banned
The whole point of Siri is interaction. Now is pretty different.
Yep. Google Now is all about prediction - using your Gmail, Google Calendar, search history, etc. to figure out what you want before you even ask. Siri is about asking. Google's fundamentally more able to do the former than Apple because Google does a hell of a lot more datamining.
SuicideUZI
Member
Google Now is pretty nice but is there a way to make it so it only turns your location service on when the app is open? maybe its a bug, but for me its running the location service 24/7 even when the app is completely closed which will kill battery life. I turned it off manually for that app in settings but then the cards no longer work
edit: just found a temporary fix in the privacy settings inside the app itself turn off location reporting, the cards will still work but once the app is closed the location service no longer stays running
edit: just found a temporary fix in the privacy settings inside the app itself turn off location reporting, the cards will still work but once the app is closed the location service no longer stays running
edgefusion
Member
Is there any way to force the Podcast app to update album art? It hasn't updated the Bombcast artwork for millennia and the Interview Dumptruck has none at all.
Lord Error
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Can someone help me make the best of Google Now? I'm especially curious if it's possible to somehow make it aware of my work calendar, which is MS Exchange. I have calendar synced with Apple's Calendar app on the iphone, but Google now doesn't seem aware of anything that I have in that calendar, and only of what I have in Google Calendar (which is nothing, right now, but I guess I could put personal appointments there)
lionelhutz
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Is there an easy way to sync contacts in iCloud to Gmail? Or, maybe a better question, is there a way to have the iOS Gmail app use iCloud contacts?