Smartphones & Tablets

As posted above, I am looking for apps, preferably free, that will be similar to Google Maps to navigate across the various waterways?

Apple IOS 18.5 and IPadOS 18.5 is available for download.
Updating my devices now.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release...

Apple has Released IOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1 which focuses on bug fixes, security fixes including a CarPlay issue.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282

Updating my iPhone and iPad now.

Apple has Released IOS 18.3.2 which contains security fixes.
Updating my iPhone now.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122281

Apple has released IOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 which contains security fixes.
Just updated my iPhone.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122174

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-feds-have-some....

VPNs: Questionable Security and Privacy Policies?

I will be adding T-Mobile as a second line of service on my phone.

https://www.t-mobile.com/business/industry-solutions/connect...

It’s a different kind of satellite service.

For those who use the MapFactor navigation app for your android phone or tablet. You can import the custom poi files from POI Factory using the digger conversion tool at download.mapfactor.com/digger_12.zip . The files are changed from the csv format to a mca file. I copied the instructions from the MapFactor forum. .

Apple and a news organization, without asking, added what looks like a widget to my iPhone lock screen on Election Day.

It took awhile for me to figure out how to get it off, but I succeeded. If you have this and if it annoys you too, read on.

With Verizon having issues today, perhaps some people that normally use Google maps will be resurrecting their Garmins.

https://mashable.com/article/verizon-outage-when-will-it-be-...

I am definitely late to this party. I also know that there have been previous Android Auto threads, but I am starting a new one because the others were a bit dated.

I have Android Auto in our newest vehicle. My wife likes it. I am just starting to look into adding it to another vehicle of ours.

Apple has released new software just now for its customers, including iOS 17.6.1 for iPhone and iPadOS 17.6.1 for iPad. As for what’s new in iOS 17.6.1 for iPhone? The release notes mention it includes bug fixes and “addresses an issue that prevents enabling or disabling Advanced Data Protection.”

I was doing a search on my iPhone yesterday using Siri, when I suddenly got a pop up screen saying my phone was 28.6% damaged by two viruses! The message had a Google header that looked official. It said to go to the App Store and download an anti virus app. Unless I did this immediately, my Simm card, photos and contact list would be affected.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active PRO SM-T547UZKAXAA that we had been using with the Polaris Ride Command app for UTV navigation. My wife and I found out this weekend that the Samsung tablet is on Android 11 will get no more Android OS updates and the Ride Command app will no longer work with it because it needs Android 12 or newer. What are my choices now?

The final big update to iOS 17?
iOS 17.6 arrives late in the life cycle of iOS 17, and follows May’s debut of iOS 17.5. We’re two months out from iOS 18’s expected September release, so it’s possible there could be an iOS 17.7 on the horizon.
However, it’s also just as likely this is the last notable release iOS 17 will receive.

For anybody using a tablet for navigation, have you ever tried split screen mode and using two different navigation apps at the same time? If so, did it work well or was in confusing?

EDIT: It looks like it is possible. Now I need to take a crack at it.

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/44713

My wife and I have been riding our UTV the past two days near Hill City MN. We have been using my Samsung tablet with the Ride Command app on it for navigation. She prefers that over Garmin on ATV/UTV rides.

On another forum, a member posted that Google Maps smartphone versions aren't in sync with the web-based version. I have never made close comparisons of one vs. the other. Has anybody here experienced discrepancies between them?

I have been using this Mapfactor Navigator GPS program for some time. Lots of free features including free offline maps. No data connection needed.. Any member looking for a free GPS program for their phone may like this. You can find the downloads here https://navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/download/ .

With iOS 18 Apple now has four features that use its satellite service:

Messages via satellite,

Emergency SOS via satellite,

Location via satellite (through Find My) and

Roadside Assistance via satellite.

https://www.satellitetoday.com/connectivity/2024/06/11/apple...