I have Wegmans, Best Buy, Walmart, Home Depot, and Giant Food all clustered nearby, for example, but Google only shows the first three unless I zoom into the map. That's a bit annoying if you prefer one mode over the other.Īpple Maps does a slightly better job than Google Maps of highlighting major stores and businesses in your area. However, I was unable to find a way to toggle this on or off within Apple Maps. Like Google Maps, Apple Maps has voiced, turn-by-turn directions.Īpple Maps syncs with your region's day/night cycle, presenting a “Light” mode during the daytime and a “Dark” mode at night. In Settings, you can toggle between map, public transit, and satellite views, and turn real-time traffic indicators on and off. There’s a search bar, a widget with the temperature and air quality in your search area (very nice!), a button to reorient to your current location, and another button that lets you explore the Settings options. Apple Maps has a basic skeleton map that’s similar Google Maps, with clearly labeled street names, interstates, and local businesses. For example, the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo recently switched to using it for map-related searches and route planning. That said, Apple has released its MapKit JS code that lets web developers add Apple Maps services to websites. Unlike Google Maps and the driver-focused Waze, Apple Maps lacks a browser-based version. Conversely, Google Maps is available on both the Android and Apple platforms.
Apple Maps is an Apple-exclusive app, so Android users can't experience what it has to offer.
If for some reason you decide to uninstall Apple Maps, you can reinstall it for free from the App Store. In fact, Apple Maps comes pre-installed on every iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. Where to Find Apple MapsĪpple was once content to let Google Maps be its primary mapping service, but that changed in 2012 when the company launched Maps. Overall, Apple Maps still trails Google Maps, the PCMag Editors' Choice pick for navigation apps, due to a few missing features, but it's clear that Cupertino is all-in on catching up to and surpassing Google. Heading into 2021, Apple Maps has improved its maps and satellite imagery, cycling navigation, and city-based Guides, and offers a new Look Around feature that rivals Google's Street View. Eight years after launch, Apple Maps has come close to reaching parity with Google’s offering, backed by Apple’s considerable resources. Google Maps might’ve been the first big navigation app, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be king of the map apps forever.
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