Apple Confirms Redesigned Maps App Has Rolled Out to All Users Across United States

[darkslide29]

"street-level Look Around view, which is available in New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston and Oahu"

Does anyone know if they plan to expand on this at all? Or just certain major cities?

 

[alexandr]

i need to make that switch, if only i can remember to...

 

[cmaier]

I have as well. I also see street light icons as well.

Lights and stop signs (and directions like “proceed past the light and then turn right”) are definitely part of the redesign.

 

[jsamuels]

I hope the improvements make it to Itay. Since moving here I'm reminded just how US-centric Apple remains. We don't get the same products until later, if at all. Thinking of HomePod, specifically. Apple Maps in very poor here in Rome. I want to be optimistic.

 

[mdorais]

I really enjoy the improvements for the US. It's too bad they'll never scale this to what Google Maps has covered internationally.

 

[cmaier]

I really enjoy the improvements for the US. It's too bad they'll never scale this to what Google Maps has covered internationally.

Never?

I doubt that.

 

[DudeDad]

I used it to go to a store around 20 mins away. I took me to an address where the building had been torn down. The store had moved 300 feet from the older store a mile away. Not even close, Apple.

 

[whoknows2597]

Real-time transit is nice. No more need for separate subway/train apps for each city.

Love that feature. It was a blessing a few days ago when I was heading to jury duty. I took the LIRR and the appropriate subway to the courthouse and back. Real-time transit accurately predicted when the subway would arrive and it did! Same goes for the trip back home!

 

[nfl46]

Wow at the amount of map details now. Jeez. Massive upgrade in my area.

 

[decypher44]

Honestly, I just use the nav that’s is my car. Doesn’t use data, and easier to access.

 

[bluecoast]

V excited about this - I’m in the U.K. and am looking forward to making 2020 when I finally switch to a Google free life.

 

[dazz87]

I think i'd use it once by accident.......good for the people who uses this app.

 

[jfx94]

but does it still use Yelp! for reviews and ratings? that's a serious drawback.

 

[AppleInLVX]

Nah, they sent their cars all over Southern Ontario last year, so I imagine we'll at least get the GTA, and maybe a couple of other metro areas, this year.

I remain hopeful, but I'll probably be disappointed.

 

[Agit21]

Apple Maps ist still GARBAGE!

 

[Glockworkorange]

Where's Look Around tho?

 

[Swift]

One of the best things they do in the new Apple Maps is the way they do directions. They tell you one stoplight in advance when to turn. So Siri will say, “go through the next light, then turn right at the next light on Robertson.” Can’t tell you how much calmer that makes you in traffic.

 

[Quicksilver867]

Good for them, but I don't see myself switching from Google Maps any time soon.

 

[Mr. Dee]

I'll stick to Google Maps, it works.

 

[gsmornot]

I have been an Apple Maps user all along and its my default for directions. Lately though, Waze is on every other time I'm in the car telling me where to look out. Its not perfect but at least its a layer of info I use. Waze feels like I'm looking at a cartoon in comparison but that's what we have split screen for. I get music going in the background with two maps on screen and its road trip time.

 

[jumia]

I’ll check my iPad when I get home but as of last night I could only see map updates on iPhone. Both are on 13.3.1.

 

[eoblaed]

The new maps are great ... I wish we'd get lookaround/streetview in the Boulder/Denver area, though.

 

[Wide opeN]

I just opened both, and it's still Google by a mile.

Sorry Apple, keep trying though 🤷🏾‍♂️

 

[Swift]

Where's Look Around tho?

It’s only in a few big cities now. They’ll keep going until they’re competitive with Google. It like the google feature so you type an address and can see the building and the street you’re going to. (Also, inside shopping malls.)The images are sharper than Google’s. And when click on the picture you can move down the street in a very smooth way. It looks almost like a real video, though it can’t be. In L.A., it started with tourist sites and landmarks,but it seems to cover most of the city now. I typed in my home address, and there we were.

 

[wolfshades]

When Apple Maps first came out, Siri led me all over the place except where I wanted to go. Ended up at the airport once. But now that Apple is expanding it's updated Maps app to....wait, Europe? Not Canada first?

Guess I'm stuck with Google Maps for a while longer.