Windows 10: Important information about HERE apps on Windows Phone

Source: Important information about HERE apps on Windows Phone - HERE 360

 

What changes are happening on that date that will break their apps? Is that when Redstone is going to be released?

TBH, I've been expecting this was going to happen, as the Here apps are the last to go. Of the apps that were in Windows Phone 8, the ones that weren't Microsoft ones (Lumia apps, Here Apps, MixRadio, etc.) have either been merged into Microsoft Apps or deprecated.

It's not necessarily a bad thing as there was too much duplication before, which was messy and confusing, I.E. Here Maps, Here Transit, Here Drive, Microsoft Maps. So having it all in one app that can be used across all devices makes more sense. Maybe a bit of a bummer for people in countries where the Windows Maps voice navigation doesn't work as well as Here Drive did. And I also think the Windows Maps app needs to have a 'Driving Mode' where it acts more like a full screen in-car Navigation system (like Here Drive).

Still gutted that MixRadio was deprecated though, as that functionality wasn't merged into Groove Music. Just need a way to remove old apps from the Windows Store library now, as I seem to have more apps that 'Don't work on this device' than apps that 'Work on this device'. *Smile

:)

 

What should we replace the HERE apps with???

HERE themselves recommend the native Windows Maps app -
http://360.here.com/2016/03/15/important-information-about-here-apps-on-windows-phone/

 

HERE Maps officially dead on Windows platform ?

They did it again
http://360.here.com/2016/03/15/important-information-about-here-apps-on-windows-phone/

 

Thanks for that info @Brink!

W10 Mobile is slowly getting better! *Smile
I figured navigation was being condensed into 'Maps', it finally works flawlessly and effortlessly on Build 10586.164! *Smile

Turn by turn spoken navigation, even if you lose or wander away from your signal/connection!
And, unlike Google Maps, it will re-route you on the fly if you make a wrong turn, without a connection! (You must download the area maps).

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(I just noticed, my car is a pigsty!) *Redface

Now, if they would just get Cortana and Groove to work like it did in W8.1!!! *Wink

 

@Edwin! You just made a commercial!*Roflmao2
Seriously, nicely done.

 

Thanks. When do the royalty cheques arrive?! *Wink

 

You need to change your YouTube settings for that then*chuckle

 

The HERE navigation is quite nice. I used it recently to find my way in and out of the conference center in Orlando.