Apple Maps Now Offers Cycling Directions in Switzerland and Sweden

[Shifts]

They added Sweden overnight too! I didn’t screenshot the notification sent, but attaching a photo from the app.

Maybe someone else has replied, but it was not added now, as it has been available for a few weeks already. However the iOS notification about it being available came now.

On the 23rd of Jan, there was a post about it in the Maps thread here on Macrumors: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios17-apple-maps-thread.2391606/post-32876444

 

[svish]

Good to know. Hopefully this expands to other regions also.

 

[CoreForce]

Thing is:
Switzerland has the best cycling network I know of, with perfect signage along the routes. The network is quite dense. One can check it at https://veloland.ch/
Whenever I'm cycling in Switzerland, I like it because I won't have the need to get directions from the smartphone.

 

[adrianlondon]

Thing is:
Switzerland has the best cycling network I know of, with perfect signage along the routes. The network is quite dense. One can check it at https://veloland.ch/
Whenever I'm cycling in Switzerland, I like it because I won't have the need to get directions from the smartphone.

Sometimes one wants to cycle a route that doesn't map directly onto a marked route, or it uses several routes with more than one option.

I've been using Google Maps for cycling directions, after checking how well it aligns with the routes given by komoot.com and cycle.travel.

I doubt I'll switch to Apple Maps, but who knows. I'm certainly going to give it a go. I think whichever option (Google or Apple) gives the most accurate elevation details is the one I'll stick to.

 

[blinkin182]

At last..... I've been waiting for this for ages. I can't believe Switzerland and Sweden got it before Netherlands though

 

[tyranne201]

Lame. Google Maps has biking directions in several countries. apple has like 10.

 

[adrianlondon]

Lame. Google Maps has biking directions in several countries. apple has like 10.

Slightly less lame than it was yesterday

 

[Pans Dance]

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, including details like steep inclines, how busy a street is, and whether there are stairs or other obstacles along a route.

If you have an Apple Watch, voice guidance and haptic feedback also make it easier to stay focused on your direction of travel.

Cycling directions came to Apple Maps in iOS 14, and are also available across the United States, China, and Japan, as well as in select major cities around the world, such as London, Barcelona, and Toronto. Apple maintains a list of all of the areas where cycling directions are available on its website, but as of writing this, it has not yet been updated to include Switzerland and Sweden.

(Thanks MacRumors forum member Virtuality for Sweden!)

Article Link: Apple Maps Now Offers Cycling Directions in Switzerland and Sweden

When is Dennark and the Netherlands voming, they are cycle country’s and with car nav. You’ll not get where you wanna get but end up on the highway with your little bike. Or at stairs when using walking directions… 🤔

 

[skitidetdu]

Cool! Will try it my way for work tomorrow, hopefully I won't have to take any longer route than usual.

 

[RandomTox]

Way too late. Nobody in the right mind is using Maps.

 

[Hank001]

Way too late. Nobody in the right mind is using Maps.

Well, they do have 6 countries and 5 cities covered!

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Maps: Cycling​

• Australia
• Barcelona, Spain
• China mainland
• France
• Germany
• Japan
• London, United Kingdom
• Montréal, Canada
• Toronto, Canada
• United States
• Vancouver, Canada

 

[MacFarmer]

so much money and still takes forever to update their serice. They are so behind, that they will never be relevant in the market..

 

[paradeiser]

Switzerland, yes. How about Austria next?

It's already live in Austria too !!!
At least around Vienna.

 

[Godspeed8230]

It's already live in Austria too !!!
At least around Vienna.

That's amazing - thank you! 😊

 

[Hank001]

That's amazing - thank you! 😊

I'll say that's amazing. They've updated their cycling maps faster than their website stating such:

Maps: Cycling​

• Australia
• Barcelona, Spain
• China mainland
• France
• Germany
• Japan
• London, United Kingdom
• Montréal, Canada
• Toronto, Canada
• United States
• Vancouver, Canada

iOS and iPadOS 26 - Feature Availability

iOS and iPadOS have so many amazing features. Find out which ones are available on iPhone and iPad in your country or region.

www.apple.com

 

[Anaxarxes]

The cycling directions are finally in the Netherlands!

 

[Hank001]

The cycling directions are finally in the Netherlands!

Cool! Now if the only would:
- add it to the feature list,
- acknowledge the Dutch dunes,
- exclude Pedestrians Only pathways.