Apple has improved Apple Maps incessantly through the years. Contemplating how broadly criticized the app was when it first launched, Apple has been profitable in rehabilitating its net mapping and course app for iOS. It could now even be some iPhone customers’ map app of alternative.
Nevertheless, Google Maps nonetheless reigns supreme within the class. Others want Waze, one other navigation app from Google.
Sadly, for these iPhone customers that by no means fairly warmed as much as Apple Maps, there hasn’t been a method to change iOS’ default Apple Maps app to another — till now.
Altering the default navigation app in iOS 18?
Apple is lastly going to let some iOS customers change their default maps app from Apple Maps to 1 they could want corresponding to Google Maps or Waze.
The information comes from a report that Apple launched final week, which detailed how the corporate is getting ready to adjust to the EU’s new Large Tech rules generally known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Apple makes point out of adjustments to the maps app default in a sentence first observed by AndroidCentral.
“Apple additionally plans to introduce a brand new default management for customers in Settings for navigation apps,” reads the doc. Apple says its working in the direction of making this accessible by March 2025.
It is unclear whether or not Apple will roll out this characteristic to vary the default maps app to all customers. Nevertheless, it is definitely going to be made accessible to EU customers, as new legal guidelines require it.
Mashable beforehand reported on Apple’s DMA compliance report, detailing a number of the main upcoming adjustments to iOS and iPhone because of the DMA. Nevertheless, we one way or the other missed this one-liner from Apple. And it is a pretty vital improvement.
Apple’s timeframe for launching this characteristic seems to line up with it being launched inside a future replace for iOS 18. The corporate will seemingly launch the beta model of the most recent iOS in June for builders, adopted by a public launch in September.
iOS 17.4 was launched earlier this month, so it appears believable that EU customers can stay up for altering their default maps app by iOS 18.4 subsequent yr.
