Apple Inc. “was recently awarded a patent for a potentially useful feature that could help you avoid areas with weak cellular coverage when planning your trip with navigation in Maps,” Zac Hall reports for 9to5Mac.
“The USPTO awarded Apple with a patent to analyze routes between two locations and ’employ an algorithm that considers wireless network signal strengths along those routes,'” Hall reports.
“In other words, because your iPhone can collect and measure cellular signal data and many iPhone users anonymously share travel data with Apple, there’s potential for Maps to know which routes problematically contain dead zones and suggest lengthier routes with better signal.” Hall reports.
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MacDailyNews Take: Something like this would be a welcome and useful addition to Maps. We’d use it, for sure, whenever we’re working while traveling.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Darrell” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]