YOUR SMART PHONE HAS REPLACED
THE TRADITIONAL MAP FOR PEOPLE
WHO DRIVE.
THERE ARE NUMBER CHOICES OUT
THERE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR APP
GET YOU THE BEST WAY TO WHERE
YOU ARE GOING.
THREE OF THE MOST POPULAR
NAVIGATION APPS ARE PUT TO THE
TEST.
YOU WILL ONLY SEE THIS ON CBS
17.
Reporter: MILLIONS OF MILES.
MILLIONS OF DRIVERS.
AND MILLIONS OF PLACES TO GO.
HALF A MILE TURN LEFT, TURN
RIGHT.
IS THE NAVIGATION APP YOU
ARE USING DRIVING WHERE YOU
NEED TO GO?
SHOULD WE TRUST THE ETA?
IS IT DRIVING YOU CRAZY?
IF YOUR DRIVER OR SOMEONE
WHO DRIVES A LOT.
IT'S INDISPENSABLE.
IS A COMPUTER PROGRAM DRAGON
BY AL GRISSOM. IT'S A USER
INPUT ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
GPS DATA ON HOW BEST VEHICLES
OF MOVING.
PINGING DELAYS BETWEEN CELL
TOWERS AND INFORMATION ON ROAD
CLOSURES AND DETOURS.
THE APP USES ALL THE
INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU, YOUR
BEST ROUTE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE
BEST SOLUTION, IT IS COMPUTER-
BASED.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE
PERFECT.
THREE DIFFERENT APPS AND WE
PUT THEM TO THE TEST.
LAURA SMITH USED APPLE MAPS.
ANOTHER USED WAYS AND I TESTED
GOOGLE MAPS.
DESTINATION COSCO TO THE
SHOPPING MALL IN NORTH RALLY.
I'M GOING CAPITAL BOULEVARD.
I'M GOING TO INDUSTRIAL DRIVE
TO WAKE FOREST ROAD.
IT WAS A SEVEN A HALF WHILE
TRIP.
LAURA WAS ROOTED WITH NOT AS
MUCH TRAFFIC BUT LOTS OF
TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
I GOT THE MOST CONGESTED ROUTE.
SEVEN MILES ON WAKE FOREST
ROAD IN THIS TRAFFIC.
I FAILED TO SEE HOW THIS WILL
BE A MORE EFFICIENT ROUTE.
THE TWO APPS ARE NOT
IDENTICAL.
HOW IS WAYS DIFFERENT FROM
GOOGLE MAPS?
IS MAINLY INTERFACE AND THE
DATA IS SERVING UP.
EXIT RIGHT.
IT KIND OF DELAYS LIKE,
DELAYS WENT TO TURN.
LIKE HER TALKING.
SO THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,
THIS IS THE TURN YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO TAKE.
DESPITE MY CONGESTED ROUTE,
I ARRIVED BEFORE MY COLLEAGUES.
I'M SURPRISED I'M THE FIRST
TO ARRIVE.
LAURA WAS A MINUTE BEHIND US
AND A COUPLE MINUTES LATER THE
OTHER ARRIVED.
IT WAS A NICE RELAXING DRIVE
.
LACK OF COMMUNICATION
FRUSTRATED LAURA.
IT DOESN'T TALK TO YOU AS
MUCH.
ARO HAD FRUSTRATIONS WITH
WAYS.
EXIT RIGHT OR EXIT LEFT.
TWO POINT YOU'RE GONNA GET OFF
AT BUT THEY WON'T TELL YOU LEFT
OR RIGHT.
WILL MAP'S KEPT TRYING TO
SUGGEST ALTERNATE ROUTES WHEN
THERE WAS NO NEED.
WE WANT TO TAKE THE NEW ROUTE
?
ALL THE APPS ARE EVOLVING.
GOOGLE IS NOW ADDING SPEED
LIMIT ICONS AND ACTIVITY
ALERTS.
APPLE II IS TRYING TO MAKE THE
APP MORE ROBUST.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 24 STATES
AND A COUPLE COUNTRIES DOING
THE SAME INFORMATION GATHERING.
WE ARE ALL SET, DRIVE SAFELY.
NAVIGATION APPS ARE HERE TO
STAY IN IT BOILS DOWN TO
PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
UNTIL AUTOMOBILES BECOMES SELF
DRIVING, SOMETHING HAS TO TELL
YOU WHERE TO GO.
YOU'VE ARRIVED AT THE YOUR
DESTINATION.
I'M CONSUMER INVESTIGATION.
WHICH DO YOU PREFER?
I LOVE WAYS.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOY BANDS.