Apple Maps Cycling Directions Expand to New Zealand

Apple Maps has expanded the availability of cycling routes in the southern hemisphere by adding support for New Zealand. Apple first added cycling directions to ‌‌Apple Maps‌‌ in iOS 14, providing specific directions for bike riders with bike lanes, bike paths, and bike-friendly routes that highlight steep inclines, stairs, and other obstacles. Prior to this […]

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Apple Planning to Expand Maps App’s ‘Look Around’ Feature

Apple Maps is seemingly preparing for a significant expansion of its “Look Around” feature to compete more aggressively with Google’s Street View. Apple’s “Look Around” feature offers high-resolution, interactive street-level imagery in the Maps app. To date, its scope has been relatively limited, mainly concentrated in major metropolitan areas and a few select regions worldwide. […]

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Apple Maps Real-Time Transit Information Now Available in Tokyo

Real-time transit information in Apple Maps has been expanded to Tokyo, Japan, enabling users to get live details of more than 20 railway, bus, and tram lines throughout the metropolitan area, Apple has announced. With real-time updates on ‌Apple Maps‌, users in Tokyo can view detailed schedules, real-time departure and arrival times, and transfers to […]

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Apple Maps Cycling Directions Expand to Belgium

Apple Maps has expanded the availability of cycling routes in Europe by adding support for the country of Belgium. Apple first added cycling directions to ‌Apple Maps‌ in iOS 14, providing specific directions for bike riders with bike lanes, bike paths, and bike-friendly routes that highlight steep inclines, stairs, and other obstacles. Elsewhere in Europe, […]

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Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: Which Is Better?

Apple Maps has been providing navigational guidance to Apple users for almost 13 and a half years now, and much has changed about the app in that time. However, according to data from Canalys, the overwhelming majority of iPhones in the U.S. still have Google Maps downloaded as an alternative to ‌Apple Maps‌, which comes […]

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Apple Maps Now Offers Cycling Directions in Switzerland and Sweden

Apple Maps now offers cycling navigation in Switzerland and Sweden, allowing users across the country to receive turn-by-turn directions while riding a bike (via iGen.fr). iPhone users in the Swiss Confederation and Sweden began receiving notifications about cycling directions overnight. ‌Apple Maps‌ provides cycling directions along bike lanes, bike paths, and bike-friendly roads wherever possible, […]

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Apple Collecting Data to Improve Augmented Reality Location Accuracy in Maps

With the launch of iOS 17.2, Apple has outlined the Maps-related data that it is collecting in order to improve the augmented reality location function. In a new support document, Apple says that it is aiming to bolster the speed and accuracy of augmented reality features in the Maps app. When using augmented reality features […]

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Apple Maps Redesign Expands to Denmark and Greece

Apple today announced that its revamped Maps app is rolling out in Denmark and Greece. The new experience provides more detail, improved navigation, custom-designed 3D models of popular landmarks, immersive turn-by-turn walking directions powered by augmented reality, and more. Look Around, which was first introduced in iOS 13, is also expanding to both countries starting […]

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Apple Maps Gradually Winning Over Haters, Report Suggests

iPhone users are increasingly finding reasons to choose Apple Maps over Google Maps, with some customers commending its clear public transport directions and visually appealing design. That’s according to anecdotal reports collected by The Wall Street Journal (paywalled). While Apple Maps comes preinstalled on all iPhones, the overwhelming majority of iPhones in the U.S. have […]

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Apple Maps Expands Detailed 3D Map and Cycling Directions to Paris

Since the release of iOS 15 in 2021, Apple Maps has been rolling out a more detailed map with custom-designed 3D landmarks in major cities around the world. This week, both the more detailed map and cycling directions went live in Paris. Apple says the updated experience provides richer detail for road markings, buildings, commercial […]

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Apple Maps Finally Lets You Download Maps for Offline Use on iOS 17

Apple Maps is catching up with Google Maps on iOS 17 by finally letting iPhone users download maps for offline use. iOS 17 will be released to the public later this year for the iPhone XS and newer, and is currently available in beta for developers. Users can download a specific area of Apple Maps […]

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Apple Music and Apple Maps Launching New Concert Features Today

Apple today announced new concert discovery features for Apple Music and Apple Maps that will be rolling out around the world beginning today. Apple Music is getting a new Set Lists page that spotlights “a selection of major tours, letting fans listen to set lists and read about the productions.” Apple Maps is gaining 40 […]

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