Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Google Has Not Yet Submitted a Google Maps App to Apple [Update]

MacRumors

MacRumors

macrumors bot
Original poster
Apr 12, 2001
63,542
30,850



Maps-icon.png


Reuters reports (via TheNextWeb) that Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has denied claims that the company has already submitted a Google Maps application to Apple's App Store.
Google Inc. has not submitted a new Google Maps application to Apple Inc after the iPhone maker dropped the use of it in launching its newest device, the head of the world's top search engine provider said on Tuesday.
Click to expand...
The rumor emerged last week shortly after Apple launched iOS 6. In iOS 6, Apple replaced the Google-based Maps on iOS devices with the company's own solution. Apple's Maps have since drawn criticism for areas of poor coverage.

Schmidt told reporters, "We have not done anything yet" and stated that they've been talking to Apple for a long time and talk to them every day.

Update (Sept 25, 1:34am PT): Bloomberg has a slightly different interpretation of Schmidt's comments. Schmidt said that it was up to Apple to approve the app, though they claim that Schmidt declined to say if Google Maps had been submitted.
"We haven't done anything yet with Google Maps," Schmidt told reporters in Tokyo today. Apple would "have to approve it. It's their choice," Schmidt said, declining to say if the Mountain View, California-based company submitted an application to Apple for sale through its App Store.
Click to expand...

Article Link: Google Has Not Yet Submitted a Google Maps App to Apple [Update]
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/25/google-has-not-yet-submitted-a-google-maps-app-to-apple/
lbro

lbro

macrumors 6502a
Jan 22, 2009
537
0
I'm not updating to 6.0 until Google Maps is on the app store. It really is a deal breaker for me.
 
tibi08

tibi08

macrumors 6502a
Sep 17, 2007
703
75
Brighton, UK
I'm surprised Google haven't moved quicker on this, if they wait too long then they will lose momentum from the iOS 6 launch. People might actually.... and I have some difficulty saying this.... get used to Apple Maps!
 
D

DavidTheExpert

macrumors regular
Apr 20, 2012
199
351
Lol, it sounds like Google is just screwing themselves deeper and deeper into the ground. Every minute they waste during all this Maps hooplah is more lost customers.
 
Macman45

Macman45

macrumors G5
Jul 29, 2011
13,197
135
Somewhere Back In The Long Ago
ct2k7 said:
I'm sure I heard this a few days ago - either way, it's better not to rush it out.
Click to expand...

Apple really should have kept Google maps until their own version was at least useable. It's my one gripe about the new phone...The maps are utterly useless...Why incorporate a BETA version in IOS6? Would have been better to wait and polish the app first.

In my area of the UK the images are truly appalling, I would have happily waited until they had produced something of good quality...It's not as if they don't have the resources, but building a large image database takes time...Remember all those Google trucks?..:)
 
yuenadan

yuenadan

macrumors newbie
Sep 3, 2010
23
0
Taipei, Taiwan
All I can say is hurry up! I haven't upgraded my iPhone OS yet because I'm waiting for a Google Maps app. I'm a Canadian living in Taipei, and I use transit to get everywhere. Google maps is imperative as it lets me enter street names in Pinyin, and it helps me navigate Taipei's very good but very complex bus system. I'd literally get lost without Google Maps and it was one of the big reasons I bought an iPhone in the first place.

Google, don't hate me because I didn't buy an Android phone! I've been an Apple guy since the days of Lycos search. I don't care if you have to load it with ads or whatever you have to do, just please bring Google Maps to iOS 6 so I can upgrade.
 
6

6251694

Cancelled
Jun 11, 2012
2
0
Think of it this way... If people start jumping ship on iOS because the maps sucks, Google might win a few extra Android sales. They really have no reason to make an maps app for iOS. What benefit would they have?
 
entropys

entropys

macrumors 65816
Jan 5, 2007
1,230
2,334
Brisbane, Australia
6251694 said:
Think of it this way... If people start jumping ship on iOS because the maps sucks, Google might win a few extra Android sales. They really have no reason to make an maps app for iOS. What benefit would they have?
Click to expand...

Quite so.

In fact, do we really know who really ended the relationship for the maps app? Would Google allow Apple to access turn by turn data? You could argue that Google knew Apple was developing its own map data, and forced them to launch prematurely. /conspiracy theory

Anyway, realistically I find it hard to see how Apple could fix the missing info without first making the app available. It needs millions of people using it to improve it.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
U

unlimitedx

macrumors 6502a
Jun 15, 2010
635
0
6251694 said:
Think of it this way... If people start jumping ship on iOS because the maps sucks, Google might win a few extra Android sales. They really have no reason to make an maps app for iOS. What benefit would they have?
Click to expand...

To collect the user data and mine it
 
Last edited by a moderator:
F

FrankieTDouglas

macrumors 68000
Mar 10, 2005
1,554
2,882
Hopefully they will release one. I haven't updated to IOS 6 specifically because of Apple Maps. If Google launches, I'll update.
 
T

Tenedon

macrumors newbie
Aug 27, 2012
4
0
The benefits of making a IOS maps app are huge, considering google lives from advertising and google maps provides quite a big percentage of that revenue, i am absolutely positive they are hard at work making the app but this might as well be just a marketing stunt , they cold very well wait for people to see how crappy the IOS maps application is so they wold consider the google on absolutely fabulous when it will be release .
 
mavis

mavis

macrumors 601
Jul 30, 2007
4,734
1,452
Tokyo, Japan
Oh, fantastic. So if I want maps that are actually populated with accurate data - hell, any data at all - I'm stuck with Google Maps' web app. Joy.
 
T

tangerineyum

macrumors 6502
Feb 16, 2005
423
0
Ontario, CA
I'm interested to know how apple maps is not usable to anyone. I deliver pizza for a living. and I use apple maps. No, i dont use turn by turn. All i need is the general area for my delivery and im off. And Apple maps seems to do that well enough.
 
mavis

mavis

macrumors 601
Jul 30, 2007
4,734
1,452
Tokyo, Japan
tangerineyum said:
I'm interested to know how apple maps is not usable to anyone. I deliver pizza for a living. and I use apple maps. No, i dont use turn by turn. All i need is the general area for my delivery and im off. And Apple maps seems to do that well enough.
Click to expand...

In Japan at least, there's very little data, even less accurate data, and fuzzy satellite imagery. It's pretty bad.
 
U

unlimitedx

macrumors 6502a
Jun 15, 2010
635
0
tangerineyum said:
I'm interested to know how apple maps is not usable to anyone. I deliver pizza for a living. and I use apple maps. No, i dont use turn by turn. All i need is the general area for my delivery and im off. And Apple maps seems to do that well enough.
Click to expand...

I think a big part of it is simply the huge change in the interface and look/feel of it. But certainly users on the forum have pointed out some glaring inaccuracies in the apple maps as well.
 
N

Nevzorus

macrumors 6502
Feb 29, 2012
441
0
Apple payed to have Google Maps on every iOS device so why would they put it in the App Store? It will probably cost 5-10 dollars to buy it.
 
U

uberman15

macrumors member
Aug 25, 2012
48
35
yuenadan said:
Exactly. Google makes money through advertising, they don't make any money from selling Android phones. AFAIK the OS is free to handset makers.
Click to expand...

While what you said is true, it's a bit misleading. After all, Google would prefer that people switch to Android phones over the iPhone.

Google will have to eventually release a maps application. There's too much data to collect to not do so and, if they wait too long, most people will simply prefer to use Apple's maps in its place. For example, I've yet to encounter an issue with it and that may very well be true of most U.S. residents.

However, Google is waiting for one obvious reason - they want to see how this impacts user behavior.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom