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Mustachius_Grumpius thelemmy.club Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
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Midnitte beehaw.org Midnitte@beehaw.org
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Cowards.

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sgibson5150 slrpnk.net sgibson5150@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2024-03-07
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Anecdotal but my phone battery life has been greatly improved since I disabled Google Maps. I was hitting the 20% warning routinely before end of day previously, and now I typically have 30-40% when I plug it in at night.

On a related note, MapQuest offers Android Auto integration, and the turn-by-turn experience has been adequate in my admittedly limited testing.

YMMV.

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Tolookah discuss.tchncs.de Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-12
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I've had AccuWeather forever, what's decent out there?

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-04
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Anecdotal but my phone battery life has been greatly improved since I disabled Google Maps. I was hitting the 20% warning routinely before end of day previously, and now I typically have 30-40% when I plug it in at night. On a related note, MapQuest offers Android Auto integration, and the turn-by-turn experience has been adequate in my admittedly limited testing. YMMV.

my phone battery life has been greatly improved

It's a truism amongst gapps-free ROM and also all sorts of adblock users.

And yea, OSM has vastly improved in the past decade to the point that it's just as - if not more - reliable as Google's maps.

Disclaimer: people pointing out the convenience of Google products will be ridiculed. Even traffic jam prediction.

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L3ft_F13ld! lemmy.dbzer0.com reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-11-07
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I've had AccuWeather forever, what's decent out there?

I've used and liked Breezy and Overmorrow.

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JillyB beehaw.org JillyB@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-05
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I've used and liked Breezy and Overmorrow.

I vouch for Breezy. Been using it for years. It's very easy to use and clear and I think more accurate than a lot of my friends phones. Though that depends on your weather source.

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Tolookah discuss.tchncs.de Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
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I've used and liked Breezy and Overmorrow.

Giving breezy a shot, thanks! (First impressions are that it looks great)

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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
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my phone battery life has been greatly improved It's a truism amongst gapps-free ROM and also all sorts of adblock users. And yea, OSM has vastly improved in the past decade to the point that it's just as - if not more - reliable as Google's maps. Disclaimer: people pointing out the convenience of Google products will be ridiculed. Even traffic jam prediction.

mapquest doesn't seem to have anything to do with OSM, sadly

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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mapquest doesn't seem to have anything to do with OSM, sadly

Indeed. Thanks.

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morbidcactus lemmy.ca morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-10
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I've used and liked Breezy and Overmorrow.

Breezy is fantastic and works with gadgetbridge if you have something like a bangle.js

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L3ft_F13ld! lemmy.dbzer0.com reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-11-07
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Breezy is fantastic and works with gadgetbridge if you have something like a bangle.js

Yeah, that's how I get weather data on my smartwatch. Kvaesitso can also connect to Breezy if you want weather data on your Android home screen.

Speaking of Gadgetbridge, that can also connect to OpenTracks, allowing it to use data (like heart rate) from your smartwatch to record it for hiking or other exercise tracking.

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Widukin lemmy.dbzer0.com Widukin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-02-17
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Cowards.

Well, at least they gained a one star review on the playstore lol

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Burn_The_Right lemmy.today Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-08-19
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Accuweather is a conservative controlled scam-for-profit company and the NWS is under conservative control now as well. Conservatives absolutely despise science, so we should trust absolutely nothing produced by these entities anymore.

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belated_frog_pants beehaw.org belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Bootlickers

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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We need to report the error. Daily.

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