- Public transport routes are wrong on Google Maps
- It seems to be affecting some but not all users
- Google has not made any comments on the problem yet
Millions of us trust Google Maps to get from A B every day, so when something goes wrong with the application, it can cause a serious head pain, as it seems to have happened with a new error that affects the search for public transport addresses.
As Android police said, a long thread in Reddit documents the experiences of many users who are watching the Google Maps application for Android blocking when they look for public transport addresses to an address.
It is difficult to evaluate how widespread the problem is at this time: the Android police team was able to replicate the error on one of its phones, but it is not a problem that I am seeing in my own Google Pixel 9 at this time.
What is certain is that it is frustrating for those who are seeing it, leaving them unable to use Google Maps to draw a route to their destination. So far, Google has not said anything officially about the problem or a potential solution.
What you can try
Without a Google word yet, and I will update this article if there are, users really sit down and waiting for a solution. It seems that the problem has reached multiple Android phones, including those made by Google, Samsung and little.
From Reddit’s thread, it seems that putting Google maps in unknown mode could help. You can do this playing the avatar of your Google account inside the application (up to the right), then choosing Turn on the unknown mode From the menu.
Apparently, this solves the problem, although their searches and trips will obviously be saved in their Google account. He also suggests that the problem could be something to do with the way Google Maps is synchronizing accounts.
It can also be worthwhile while reviewing some of the alternative public transport applications available on Android, such as CityMapper and Moovit. There are also Apple maps too, but this error does not seem to affect Google maps for iOS.
