Google Maps issues?

santadevil

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I was out town yesterday to a larger city that I know somewhat well, but needed some direction for a couple places I had to go.

I've been using Google Maps since forever (tried Waze for 6 months, but it seemed to try and get me lost sometimes), but yesterday, I had some major issues and was wondering if anyone else has issues?

I basically had to drive through the City to get where I was going, but it was telling me 4.5 miles, 38 minutes to reach destination. It tried taking me through all these side roads, sometimes into residential areas. I basically ignored most of it's direction until I got closer to my location, which only took about 15 minutes to reach where I was going.
 

AB in DC

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I basically had to drive through the City to get where I was going, but it was telling me 4.5 miles, 38 minutes to reach destination. It tried taking me through all these side roads, sometimes into residential areas. I basically ignored most of it's direction until I got closer to my location, which only took about 15 minutes to reach where I was going.
There's an "avoid highways" setting somewhere in Google Maps. Check through your preferences and see if it got toggled somehow.
 

DJnVa

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Also, I've never had a problem with Waze, assuming the settings are correct.