Help location services: Google, Verizon or GPS?

[Heelfan71]

I figure GPS will drain your battery so I don't use mine except when using navigation. What about Verizon and Google ones? Is one better than the other

 

[CharlieD]

I figure GPS will drain your battery so I don't use mine except when using navigation. What about Verizon and Google ones? Is one better than the other

If I have the VZW location selected, the weather and clock on the home page do not update my location. If I have google location selected (and VZW unselected), they do. This past weekend I traveled from Rochester, NY to Columbus, OH and back and had a good chance to check this out. Only when I had google location selected did it know where I was.

 

[iowabowtech]

I keep Google checked all the time and jockey on/off GPS for 3rd party apps only when needed.

 

[Casbah]

I keep Google checked all the time and jockey on/off GPS for 3rd party apps only when needed.

Ditto for me. Google is always on and GPS is on-demand. I never have the VZW option checked.

 

[RawlingsSc]

I kinda figured the VZW location service had to do with VZ Navigator, but I couldn't say for sure. And since I have no desire to use VZ Navigator, I may never know. Was it there pre-2.2? I can't remember.

 

[gijoe411]

No, i believe that whole menu is new, and it's hard to tell what each selection does, and what effect it has on battery life.