When the iPhone first launched, it was preloaded with Google Maps. In 2012, Apple replaced it with its own mapping application known as Apple Maps. It launched in beta in the iOS 6 beta ...

Here’s a key thread from Apple’s support community back in 2020: I know I am going to be in a certain location at some time in the future. I enter that address in Maps and it is located.

While a lot of people prefer Google Maps, Apple Maps does a lot of things well, at least in my experience with using the built-in navigation app on my iPhone. Giving turn-by-turn directions ...

Apple has hundreds of terabytes of data for its Apple Maps Look Around feature, and the company is using that data to train generative AI models. Look Around is a function of Apple Maps that gives ...

Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Apple collects images and ...

If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more This week, Apple introduced a new iPhone app to little or no fanfare. But there’s a reason for its quiet release — it isn’t meant for ...