I switched to Copilot a few years ago after Telenav totally screwed up Telenav GPS and Scout by messing with the interface and removing features important to business users.
Now the developers of Copilot have made the same DUMB mistakes, so Im deleting Copilot and moving on.
I could get used to the UI changes, but switching the online seach function from Google to . . . What? Yelp? . . . is bafflingly stupid. And not giving users a choice of which search engine they want to use? Really?
(HINT: not everyone uses GPS to find restaurants and clubs to connect with friends after work.)
The beauty of Copilot used to be this: when you couldnt find a destination in Copilots built-in database, you could type (or better: dictate) the name of the business (e.g., a lawyers office, or plumbing supply store) into the Google search box, click on the Google result, and Copilot would automatically capture the business address, plug it in and start plotting the route. No more, because (1) and somehow this may come as a surprise to the developers: Yelp is NOT AS POWERFUL as Google, and (2) to be honest, Yelp doesnt really care all that much about businesses that arent dining or entertainment venues (so good luck with that plumbing supply store).
The two litmus tests I now use for GPS apps: (1) do the developers insist that you authorize them to track your whereabouts, by turning on location services, EVEN WHEN YOURE NOT USING THEIR APP? If so, I click on the little "x" and delete the app. Three words: NOT DOING THAT. (Im looking at you Waze, and others)
Litmus test #2? I type the name of locally well-known business I visit regularly into the search box. Does the GPS accept business names or just addresses? (If it cant deal with business names, app gets deleted.) Then, does the app accurately find/identify the business? (If it offers only one suggestion 900 miles away . . . Yup, you guessed it: app gets deleted. And finally, can the app automatically capture the business address to plot the route? (If it makes me type in the address, app gets deleted.)
We are way, way, way past the days when users were forced search for a destination in the Google app, remember the address, then switch to the GPS app and type, or cut & paste, the address into the GPS destination box. These apps are supposed to work for us, not the other way around.
So, goodbye Copilot, hello Googles own GPS/mapping app. It passes all the litmus tests, and IT JUST WORKS.