I enjoy how they keep saying private as a f you to Google Maps. I’ll give Maps a try again, the privacy is a good enticement for me.
If you want reviews, pay secret shoppers. And if you want me to use your app, don't make it painfully obvious you're spying on exactly where I go and when to do what.
I've had the location history disabled since it was possible to disable it, but I've since disabled all the notifications.
Use of the service essentially boils down to "I tell it where I am/where I want to go. It tells me how best to get there/how to find the thing I want to find."
I'm not sure how you would do that if you didn't share your location and destination/search terms with it.
But yeah, I disabled that thing too. Not because I considered a request for reviews a terrible overreach, but because it wasn't just in the Maps app, but rather a notification. I disable notifications on most non-messaging apps because they're annoying and naggy.
I don't want an app passively collecting data on me while I'm not using it.
(Disclosure: I work for Google)
I second parent commentator.
Sorry we're not all on valley pay rates here Google ;)
I couldn't find an easy way to turn it off in the app. All directions online lead to options that were already off. So like other users I had to restrict microphone access to google services entirely.
I have no idea if it's still listening.
Source: I'm an ex Maps employee.