I had them. Then they disappeared. They returned for 2 days and now they’re gone again.
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Revamped Apple Maps Rolls Out in Australia [Updated]
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Still no update in Perth. The Roe HWY where it meets Murdoch drive hasn’t been updated. This is the road that takes you directly to Fiona Stanley and ST John of God Hospital without no interruptions. Google has had it for awhile, as well as TomTom. I’ve been trying to let them know with no success.
Here in Melbourne, my wife has the new maps and I have the old still, seems like there’s some funky rollout happening?
Yes, I saw them for a while then they vanished. There were some reports of suburbs that have long since been abandoned/renamed being present so perhaps that's why they pulled it?
The Brisbane River showed as a 1 point line instead of a body of water, which made Brisbane look daft.
Not funky just standard. Not everyone gets access while the new maps are in testing.
Well, it's odd that people who are beta testers aren't seeing them, when non-beta testers are. The former will be more forgiving of errors and more likely to submit feedback; the latter are more likely just to complain loudly.
That’s only true when the iOS is in beta.
iOS 15 is released, so any new maps being released already work for everyone who has upgraded.
And they are not necessarily looking for feedback. They just need people to use Maps and it automatically applies the driving data back to them. Feedback is a bonus.
It's *still* in beta for many of us (Developers) and other folks who choose to remain part of the public betas. We're currently on 15.2 (beta 2)...
So the random rollout makes little sense. I suspect it's just to minimise blowback in case it's utterly terrible, rather than to garner solid feedback.
'Driving data' is hardly going to help with place names, businesses, incorrect labels, etc. and you don't need a new visual design for that - the roads are already there in the current maps - the update is purely for low 'altitude' visual clarity with the vector maps.
...and what IS strange is that I had the new maps for two days... then they reverted to the old maps.
You don’t seem to understand…Maps is NOT in beta. All features for Maps are available for anyone on iOS 15.0 or later.
Limiting it to “current” beta testers gives them a very small pool of people using it. The current guesstimate of users having access during any given test period is 10% of possible users in the test area.
The only time they limit It to beta users is when iOS is in an actual beta period and certain Maps features will only work on that beta release…and that’s pretty rare.
New detailed cities is an example…bike routing last year…etc. the core function of Maps works for everyone usually and is not specifically tied to iOS releases or betas…usually…
I never said maps was in beta if you read my reply carefully... but thanks for the patronising quip about 'not understanding'. ??
Again, I did see the changes for a few days, then they vanished. Why roll it out then withdraw it for a specific user? As maps are supposedly not in beta, there is no point rolling it out in an ad-hoc manner.
If they're ready, they're ready... and if they're not ready for the public release then they could call it something different. I don't know... perhaps they could use greek letters to signify it's not ready for public release?
Many users in Adelaide were reporting serious errors not present in the 'old' data - then it all mysteriously rolled back for them to the 'old' maps. Not a single iOS user in my direct circle (admittedly only 50 people) is seeing the updated map display in iOS15 and beyond that a few people had the same experience as me - appeared for a few days, then vanished for them.
I suspect they have a lot of tidying to do and they're not at all ready.
I never said maps was in beta if you read my reply carefully... but thanks for the patronising quip about 'not understanding'.
Again, I did see the changes for a few days, then they vanished. Why roll it out then withdraw it for a specific user? As maps are supposedly not in beta, there is no point rolling it out in an ad-hoc manner.
If they're ready, they're ready... and if they're not ready for the public release then they could call it something different. I don't know... perhaps they could use greek letters to signify it's not ready for public release?
Many users in Adelaide were reporting serious errors not present in the 'old' data - then it all mysteriously rolled back for them to the 'old' maps. Not a single iOS user in my direct circle (admittedly only 50 people) is seeing the updated map display in iOS15 and beyond that a few people had the same experience as me - appeared for a few days, then vanished for them.
I suspect they have a lot of tidying to do and they're not at all ready.
I’ve been through multiple rollouts throughout the past three years…these questions have been asked and answered dozens of times and are documented in the Maps threads pinned to the top of each ios page.
You specifically asked why new Maps wasn’t limited to beta users. I gave you my pretty educated answer as to why.
You may also want to visit Justin O’Beirne’s website as he gives the best analysis on the rollout of new Maps.