Recently, Gaode map announced that it will be the first to adapt to Apple iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max "Lingdong Island", allowing users to avoid frequent unlocking of mobile phones, sliding left and right screens to find, and launching APPs during navigation and travel. After turning on navigation planning, through "Lingdong Island", users can not only quickly obtain more concise key guidance, but also quickly return to the navigation interface of Gaode Map .
Walking navigation is one of the functions that users use frequently. Our sight is often blocked by "high-end" objects such as green plants and buildings on the street, which makes walking face more complex "road conditions" than driving, and repeatedly unlocking mobile phones to view navigation becomes a "pain point". Apple mobile phone users can use "Lock Screen Navigation" by updating the system version to iOS 16.1 and downloading and installing the latest version of the Gaode Map APP (12.00.03 version). The launch of this function allows users to get guidance information by taking out their mobile phones, thus making walking navigation more efficient.
In addition, when we are looking for restaurants, we often choose food while checking the introduction of the dishes and netizens' comments, while walking to our destination. Checking navigation routes, flipping through the introduction of dishes, switching back and forth of multiple APPs often makes us "huddled". "Lingdong Island" allows users to complete multiple operations on the same interface, and walking navigation and viewing food strategies do not interfere with each other.
In addition to walking navigation, when we drive on relatively familiar roads, such as going to the company to work, picking up children from school, going to supermarkets near home, shopping in supermarkets near home, etc., we often do not need complete navigation information displayed on the full screen interface, but familiarity is more likely to cause negligence. Users sometimes forget to switch lanes or even turn at intersections. In this case, the guidance and prompts of key intersections are what users need the most. The emergence of "Lingdong Island" allows the Gaode Map to realize the function.
iPhone14 Pro and iPhone14 Pro Max users have upgraded to iOS16.1 and above, as long as they plan the route on Gaode Map and start navigation, the mobile phone will immediately enter the "lock screen navigation" state after locking the screen. At the intersections that need guidance, a prompt card will pop up to guide the driver to turn or switch lanes. If you need to display and view more information related to navigation, you only need to click "Lingdong Island" to quickly open the navigation main interface, and you can set up a new passing point or change your destination. With the blessing of "Lingdong Island", Gaode Map gradually evolved into a "travel assistant", effectively reminding you when needed, and silently hid in the background of your mobile phone for the rest of the time, allowing the driver to focus more on driving.
In September 2022, Apple showed the powerful functions of "Lingdong Island" for the first time at the autumn press conference. Some media reported: "Lingdong Island is the biggest operational change in the five years since the launch of iPhone X!" Five years ago, Apple canceled the home physical buttons and completely revolutionized the operating logic of smartphones. Five years later, the launch of "Lingdong Island" not only gave our mobile phones more dimensional interactive experience, but also put forward higher and more dimensional R&D requirements for many third-party APP manufacturers. While Apple released its new phone, it also issued an invitation to application developers, welcomeing everyone to explore and explore the various possibilities of "Lingdong Island".
Gaod Map has launched a new version of the APP that supports "Lingdong Island", and has also added the "Picture-in-Picture" navigation function to the Android system client simultaneously. Users can start the latest experience during walking navigation by just updating the system version to Android 8.0 or above.
In the process of continuous iteration of map navigation software, whether it is "Lingdong Island" or "Picture in Picture", in the display of key information, it is equivalent to adding a "sub-screen" to our mobile phone screen. Through in-depth research and development, Gaode Map will make full use of this "sub-screen" well, hiding the main interface, but not missing the key information, making the navigation software a "personal assistant" during our travel process.