The Apple Maps web beta now supports the 'Look Around' feature, which is Apple's version of Google's 'Street View' feature.
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With iOS 18, Apple has added a new Search Here button to Apple Maps, making it much easier to find what you were looking for in a previous location when you move to a different location.
Apple has launched a public beta of Apple Maps on the web, making it accessible to anyone using a modern web browser. The web version offers features like driving and walking directions.
Apple Wallet users living in Paris can now add their Navigo transit cards to pay for their daily commute. They can make payments using an iPhone or Apple Watch with support for tap and pay.
Apple Maps is now getting one step closer to Google Maps. Apple said it's bringing offline navigation to Maps later this year, allowing people to use turn-by-turn navigation without the internet.
Apple has brought new concert information to Apple Maps and Apple Music. Maps has a new feature called Music Guides that curates venues and concerts. Apple Music adds Set Lists that provide tour info.
The upcoming iOS 17 update is reported to bring a new Live Activities feature for Apple Maps. The report claims a new UI with turn-by-turn navigation will appear directly on the iPhone's lock screen.
Apple has introduced a revamped version of Apple Maps in Finland, Norway, and Sweden that offers better navigation with natural language guidance and displays landmarks in 3D to help plan trips.
Apple has released Apple Business Connect which offers businesses the option to choose and customize their location place cards in Apple Maps and display important information and promotions.
It will now be easier for Apple Maps users on iPhone and Mac to reserve a parking spot, as Apple has recently integrated parking reservation company SpotHero's services into the app.
Apple's fancy highly-detailed 3D maps are now rolling out to Chicago and Las Vegas in the US. The view was launched back in 2021 for only a few cities with support for more cities coming soon.
Apple has stopped selling its products in Russia over the aggression the country has shown to its neighbour, Ukraine. RT News and Sputnik News have also been removed from the App Store.
Apple has updated its Maps to show over 20,000 COVID-19 vaccination locations in the US. Healthcare providers not included in the current rollout have the option of registering with Apple as well.
Apple Maps is now sending notification to people whom it deems to have recently traveled abroad. It reminds users to self-isolate and follow the CDC's minimum health standards for COVID-19.
Google is preparing to add traffic lights support in Google Maps. The addition will come a year after Apple had introduced the feature in Apple Maps in iOS 13. The feature still looks like WIP though.
The mobility data may provide helpful insight to governments and health authorities in determining whether the lockdowns are effective. The firm has stated that information is being updated daily.
Apple Maps has released a new version of its Maps app for users in the United States, adding better road coverage and more precise data. The experience will come to Europe in the next few months.
Apple says that it is "taking a deeper look" at how it handles disputed borders after it started showing the Crimea region as part of Russia earlier this week and received condemnation from Ukraine.
Apple has updated its Maps and Weather apps for users in Russia to now show Crimea as part of the Russian territory. The change had been demanded by Russian authorities for some time.
Earlier today, Apple released a statement online and in Canadian newspapers disclosing plans to improve its navigational application, Apple Maps. Apple will start mapping Canada by road this month.
DuckDuckGo will now be displaying location information from Apple Maps on its search results as part of a new partnership with Apple. The new capability is available both on mobile and desktop.
While Apple's mapping app has been on a cold developmental pace since its launch in 2012, a new patent indicates the company may be planning to add smart features to Apple Maps for improved accuracy.
Apple's foray into the navigation and mapping scene was met with disaster and its first-party offering is, to this day, seen as inferior to the competition. Apple is looking to change that.
After a rocky start in 2012, and 2.5 million corrections later, Apple is finally starting to feel that its Maps service is as good as Google Maps - a good thing, given that it comes preloaded on iOS.
A minivan, reportedly leased to Apple, has been making the rounds in a small town in California spurring speculation that the company might be looking into developing self-driving cars.
iOS in the Car is an iPhone feature which will allow drivers to use a tweaked version of iOS 7 on their car's dashboard display. For the first time, the interface has been shown unofficially in video.
Apple has confirmed that it has acquired WiFiSLAM, a startup company that has created technology for indoor mobile location services. Apple reportedly paid $20 million for the startup.
Apple have been quietly updating their Maps application in order to compete with Google. Apple updated satellite imagery in various places, as well as adding 'Flyover' to new cities around the world.
Google have updated their Maps for iPhone app, which now includes integration with Google contacts and better local search, pulling it further ahead of Apple's own client.
The manager of the Maps division at Apple has reportedly been let go by the company as Apple continues to deal with the fallout of the error-filled launch of the iOS 6 Maps app.
We all know that Steve Jobs had a vendetta against Google, but a new report shows that it went even deeper than we knew: Jobs seriously considered dumping Google as Apple's default search engine.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has released a letter to consumers apologizing for the quality of Apple's new Maps service. In the letter, Cook even suggests competitors' alternative mapping services.
Apple is partnering with Yandex to use the Russian search giant's APIs in its new in-house Maps app, and is said to be discussing making Yandex the default search provider for Russian iOS devices.