Testing how much data Google Maps uses...
I have heard this come up recently and was curious myself so I wanted to test it. How much data does Google Maps actually use? We have all heard it described as a data hog... lets see how much water ...
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I would be careful to make sure you shut Google Maps down after you use it, lest it suck up a lot more bandwidth tracking your every move even when you are not using it. It also uses battery power, of course, if still running in the background.
For folks who don't know about it, apps remain running in the background at all times, unless you shut them down. Here's how you do that on iOS 7 and later: while on the home screen, press the home button twice. A parade of currently running apps will appear. Shut down apps you aren't actually using by flicking them upward so they disappear from the parade. When you want to run one of them, launching it as usual will bring it right up with perhaps a half-second more delay than usual.
Apps that constantly ping both your bandwidth and your battery, such as maps, Siri, email, and many others, as well as any app you use rarely, are best left in shut-down state.
For folks who don't know about it, apps remain running in the background at all times, unless you shut them down. Here's how you do that on iOS 7 and later: while on the home screen, press the home button twice. A parade of currently running apps will appear. Shut down apps you aren't actually using by flicking them upward so they disappear from the parade. When you want to run one of them, launching it as usual will bring it right up with perhaps a half-second more delay than usual.
Apps that constantly ping both your bandwidth and your battery, such as maps, Siri, email, and many others, as well as any app you use rarely, are best left in shut-down state.
