Location GPS not working during navigation - iPhone 17 Pro

My fiancé and I upgraded to the iPhone 17 Pro Max and the iPhone 17 and are facing the same issues. We've had to pull over in very busy Boston traffic to wait for our phones to restart. I've been an iPhone user for decades; he just switched. We're having quite the suboptimal experience and would appreciate Apple Support investigating this, as we both drive for work and it can't be our Fiat 2020 500x's fault...

Are you sure 26.1 resolved the issue? I still feel like it’s not. Have to keep trying longer. I used to have very poor GPS sensitivity, if the phone covers a bit by car dashboard parts protruding above the phone, then you loose GPS connectivity. It’s unlike my previous iPhone 13 Pro which used to be very good with GPS, before I switched to 17 pro recently.

Pat838pat wrote:

I had this issue on my 14 pro max, upgraded to 17 pro and after two weeks I’m having the same issue. Makes the phone unusable

What did the Apple Tech at the Genius Bar say when you demonstrated the problem to them?

Clear view of the sky and this tinted window thing isn't the issue as navigation has worked flawlessly before with all my devices. It was only recently that this started happening on my 17 Pro, of which I have owned for a month before this issue came up. I am seeing a handful of people talking about the same issue and the only fix is to restart the phones when location is lost. I take the same exact commute every day rain or shine and have never lost GPS signal even for a second until very recently with this phone. Turning off and on Location services does absolutely nothing and WiFi is always on because of carplay. I'm sure its some weird bug with IOS 26 possibly but hard to tell. All I can say is I've never had this issue with any phone until a couple of days ago. Running iphone 17 Pro, IOS 26, no VPN, no apps or case that mess with gps reception or cell reception.

I have the same issue, no matter what APP I use, Google Maps or Apple Maps. I checked the Location service was ON. And it could not recover until I restarted the phone. Or quiting Maps APP and waiting for a while, then I can start a new navigation. Then all happens again.

I can confirm this issue, gps accuracy is indeed very poor in 17 Pro. I replaced one unit and got another but the same issue seems to persist. I am not sure if I want to upgrade anymore as accurate GPS is important to me and my 14 Pro was extremely accurate.

I have been having similar GPS related issues.

Firstly, my location while moving randomly stops or drifts to another road meaning the accuracy dials down to zero at times.

Secondly, even while being still under the sky the location is not accurate and google maps says that the location accuracy is weak because of the weak gps or wifi signals. I have hard reset the phone and meddled with every possible related setting i could find but to no avail. The only thing iam wondering is if this is a hardware or a software issue because the compass app works fine and needs no calibration. If anyone has a fix do let me know. Should i contact apple support?

I am still having issues . I downloaded a gps diagnostic app to view satellite strength while viewing maps on car play and the signal was extremely intermittent. I decided I would get my iPhone 11 (ios26.1)which uses T-mobile and have that google map running alongside my iphone 17 pro (ios26.1) Asa comparison. Both maps worked flawlessly. So thinking the issue is fixed I went back to just the 17 without the iPhone 11 in the car and again Maps under performs. Lags. Signal drop’s etc

I have an iPhone 13 and updated to ios 26.1 but still having issue. Tried resetting location & privacy settings and seemed to work for a day or so but back to the same issue :(. Happens when using apple maps, google maps, or waze. Waze gives me the specific message my gps signal is lost.

Hello. My Apple maps is not working and I really need Apple to fix this. Google Maps doesn't work. Mapquest doesn't work. I have updated everything and I am still having this issue. It is very frustrating, and I need Apple to fix this. Please. I have used Apple products since 2011 and almost never have issues. In recent yrs (past 2 yrs)...issues. First my iMac desktop computer, now navigation on an Iphone that's only a year old. I am tired of this. Please fix this.

Did anyone get a chance to test the new iOS 26.1? I just installed it and will try today.

Same issue here on the 17 Pro, running 26.0.1. Didn’t have this issue on 26.0. It’s really annoying…