October 2, 2023

Apple has apparently begun testing a significant enlargement of the redesigned and rebuilt Apple Maps expertise to new customers throughout Europe. With this enlargement, Apple is now testing the brand new Apple Maps design in six new Central European nations…

The enlargement was first noticed by Justin O’Beirne, a cartographer and Apple Maps knowledgeable.

O’Beirne said that the brand new Apple Maps expertise is now being publicly examined within the following nations:

  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Czechia
  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • Slovenia

This marks the eighteenth time that Apple has expanded the supply of its Apple Maps date, which first launched with iOS in 2018.

O’Beirne provided the next remark:

As soon as Enlargement #18 is launched for all Apple Maps customers, Apple’s new map will cowl 21.6 % of Earth’s land space and 11.7 % of the worldwide inhabitants (i.e., 927 million folks worldwide) throughout thirty-two nations.

Apple touts that the brand new Apple Maps design provides customers quicker and extra correct navigation, improved element, higher highway protection, and extra. Based mostly on earlier launch timelines, O’Beirne expects the redesigned and rebuilt Apple Maps expertise will formally launch in these six Central Europe nations someday subsequent month.

Keep tuned for extra particulars as they turn into obtainable.

By way of 9to5Mac and justinobeirne.com

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