Is it possible to transition $location.path()?

I have transitions working great when I use an a tag, so my /product to /product/:productId transitions awesome. However, I also have a portion of my app where I use a google map (/stores), which I need to use $location.path('/stores/' + id) in order to forward the user when they click on a point on the map.

I can’t seem to figure out how to transition this, is it possible at all?

So if you’re using using ui-router, you can use $state.go() to switch between views/pages within a tab and it will animate. But switching between actual tabs will not animate.

At least right now this is intentional, but animations between tabs is something on the roadmap.