The new Cowboy app with Google Maps navigation integrated. | Image: Cowboy
E-bike maker Cowboy has swapped the navigation tool used in its app for Google Maps, which should improve the riding experience for many.
The mapping software included in many e-bike companion apps is often lacking, and Cowboy’s app was no exception. “Improved map navigation was the most requested update from within the Cowboy community,” Cowboy co-founder and CTO Tanguy Goretti told me on the sidelines of Micromobility Europe in Amsterdam yesterday.
The app, according to Goretti, is heavily used by Cowboy owners, 45 percent of whom regular mount their phones on the integrated wireless charging pad found on the company’s excellent 4-series e-bikes. With this new integration, riders no longer have to switch between their Cowboy dashboard…