Apple Maps expert Justin O’Beirne revealed that a redesigned version of the Maps app, which Apple has been rolling out worldwide since 2019, is now being tested in Taiwan. The updated look isn’t available to all Apple Maps users yet, and Apple hasn’t officially announced it.
With the updated design, landmarks and buildings are displayed in 3D, and green spaces, parks, trees, roads and other areas are displayed in more detail and more accurately.
Apple’s updated Maps experience also provides iPhone, iPad, and Mac users with better navigation, turn-by-turn directions in augmented reality, and an overall much more detailed and immersive Maps interface.
This design launched in September 2018 in Northern California and was available throughout the United States in 2019. Apple has since expanded it to several other countries, most recently adding Finland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia.
O’Beirne expects the new Apple Maps design to be officially launched in Taiwan in June.
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