Getting cellphone warmed up for use, moving away from Google. Any tips for Android? Am using several of the Simple apps.

@zudn
Use OsmAnd instead of Google Maps. This could change your life drastically, depending on your travel patterns. It also is a good way to get you involved/invested into openstreetmap (basically the wikipedia of maps).

@everlastingrocks
I use OSM in my laptop, and downloaded OsmAnd. Thanks. For our region OSM isn't always accurate unfortunately, but it's my first go-to.

@zudn
When I'm in a bind needing to navigate somewhere, I'll use Google's [Plus codes website](plus.codes/map) to look up the location, then copy the plus code into OsmAnd. But yeah it's tricky: one time I ended up in some parking lot because it didn't have my friend's driveway. 'Streetcomplete' is a fun android OSM editing tool, but can't replace the standard editor.

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@zudn
I'm sure it does, but at least it's not installed on my phone.

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