If you want to find out information about a new shop, hotel, or restaurant you’re thinking about going to, you might go to an app like Apple Maps. Businesses have been given more tools to promote themselves in recent years, and that has been taken to the next level with Apple Business Connect. Related Reading: […]
Read MoreApple Maps users will soon be able to order food or groceries, purchase tickets, make hotel or dinner reservations, view movie showtimes, schedule an appointment, and more directly in the app via participating businesses. A free Business Connect tool announced by Apple today allows businesses to customize their location card in the Maps app with […]
Read MoreIn partnership with parking platform SpotHero, Apple Maps now provides parking information for more than 8,000 locations across the U.S. and Canada. Parking availability can be filtered based on EV charging, wheelchair accessibility, and more. On the iPhone, users can open the Apple Maps app and search for a popular destination such as Madison Square […]
Read MoreApple today announced that its revamped Maps app is rolling out in the Netherlands, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. 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. A before and after look at Apple Maps in Switzerland Look Around […]
Read MoreThe Apple Maps app appears to be experiencing issues at the current time, with Apple’s System Status page listing an outage. According to Apple, users are seeing problems with Maps Display, Maps Routing and Navigation, Maps Search, and Maps Traffic. Apple Maps is not able to display traffic conditions at the current time, and search […]
Read MoreZillow today announced that it has integrated the Apple Maps Look Around feature into its real estate app, allowing potential home buyers to get a closer look at the neighborhood around a house they are interested in. Apple with iOS 16 added the Apple Maps Look Around feature to the MapKit API that is available […]
Read MoreApple plans to begin showing search ads in its Maps app on the iPhone starting next year, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. “I believe the engineering work is already underway to launch search ads in the Apple Maps app, and we should begin to see it be implemented sometime next year,” wrote Gurman, in the […]
Read MoreApple is aiming to triple its ad revenue from $4 billion per year to double-digit figures by expanding its advertising to more apps, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Currently, Apple ads appear in App Store app searches, where developers pay for promoted spots in results, as well as more standard ads that appear in the […]
Read MoreFollowing the release of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple announced that cycling directions would be made available within Apple Maps. The functionality officially began rolling out in April of this year, but it was not available across the entire country and was limited to certain regions. Thanks to an interactive map provided by Justin […]
Read MoreApple has been working to expand its updated Apple Maps app to additional countries, and has started testing the revamped design in Israel, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, according to Maps expert Justin O’Beirne. It will be the sixteenth expansion of the updated Apple Maps design since the update first rolled out in September 2018. Apple […]
Read MoreApple Maps now offers cycling navigation across all 50 U.S. states, allowing users to receive turn-by-turn directions while riding a bike. Apple Maps cycling directions fully covered 49 U.S. states as of July, according to Apple Maps enthusiast Justin O’Beirne, and cycling directions have since become available in Hawaii for complete nationwide coverage. Apple Maps […]
Read MoreThe revamped and improved Apple Maps experience is now live for users in France, New Zealand, and Monaco, according to Apple Maps enthusiast Justin O’Beirne. The new Apple Maps experience brings with it more accurate and faster naivagtion, improved imagery with three-dimensional landmarks and locations, and detailed views of roads, shopping malls, and more. On […]
Read MoreIn iOS 15, Apple’s Maps app includes the ability to use augmented reality walking directions in some big cities, and today we learn that Tokyo has become the latest place that you can use it. The AR mode can map walking directions onto the real world by using your iPhone‘s rear camera, making it easier […]
Read MoreApple has expanded its updated Apple Maps to Germany and Singapore, with the app now offering more detailed road coverage, improved navigation, three-dimensional landmarks, improved views of parks, buildings, airports, shopping centers, and availability of the Look Around feature. The expansion comes after 48 days of public testing, according to Apple Maps enthusiast Justin O’Beirne, […]
Read MoreApple has added cycling directions for several parts of the Midwest, including Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Charleston. According to Apple Maps enthusiast Justin O’Beirne, the updated coverage reportedly includes all of Ohio and West Virginia, as well as parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Virginia. Since the beginning of April, Apple has […]
Read MoreApple’s Maps app in the United States has incorporated real-time roadway hazard information from HAAS Alert Safety Cloud, making the app better at notifying users of upcoming safety issues. According to a blog post announcing the integration, HAAS Safety Cloud is the “most comprehensive and trusted digital alerting platform for roadway safety.” Drivers that are […]
Read MoreApple has today begun new ground surveys across various regions of the United Kingdom, including London, Manchester, and Birmingham, to gather pedestrian data for Apple Maps (via Bloomberg). Apple will use cameras and sensors mounted on pedestrian backpacks to gather map data in Berkshire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands, across over […]
Read MoreApple today announced that its revamped Maps experience is now available in the Canadian cities of Toronto, Montréal, and Vancouver. The update delivers more detailed maps, complete with custom-designed 3D landmarks, such as the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Notre-Dame Basilica in Montréal, and Robson Square in Vancouver. Navigation is also improved, with more […]
Read MoreApple has been revamping its Maps app over the last few years, with the updated experience providing more detailed coverage of roads and buildings, faster and more accurate navigation, 3D views of landmarks in major cities, and more. In light of those efforts, Apple recently sent a unique gift to some employees working on the […]
Read MoreApple Maps Product Lead David Dorn and Design Lead Meg Frost recently did an interview with CNN to explain the Apple Maps features that were introduced with the iOS 15 update and to explain why iPhone users should choose Apple Maps over other mapping apps like Google and Waze. According to Dorn, there are three […]
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