![]() ![]() With the fourth-generation Apple TV’s relatively zippy processor, and with my model connected to our home’s gigabit Internet connection, TV Maps often had empty “holodeck-style” grids that I waited for a second or a few to populate with map imagery. Maps load reasonably fast, but it appears that tvOS isn’t optimized to load and cache quite as well as iOS. It’s not quite as comfortable as using an iPhone or iPad, of course, but you don’t need to teach yourself a new set of conventions. It feels fairly intuitive to swipe around to move the map in various directions, and then slide to zoom in and out. (The app takes such strong advantage of the Siri Remote’s touch portion, you’ll find it difficult to impossible in version 1.1 to use with the Remote app.) It launches in street view and you can slide upwards along the right edge of the Siri Remote’s touch surface to zoom in and downwards to zoom out. ![]() TV Maps gives access to the street map, satellite, and hybrid views you’re used in Maps for iOS and in OS X, as well as 3D views, location finding, and directions. Times Square shows to great advantage with labels attached. ![]()
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