Revamped Apple Maps with Look Around, 3D landmarks and other perks have hit the Netherlands, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
- What’s happening? The revamped Apple Maps experience that debuted in the United States in 2019 has expanded to Netherlands, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland
- What to do? This is a server-side update, meaning no iOS software update is required to get the enhanced Maps experience.
- Why care? Customers in those countries will enjoy a much better mapping experience with perks like a Google Street View-like feature called Look Around, enhanced navigation and so on.
Apple Maps redesign hits the Netherlands, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland
Folks in the countries above will notice that the visuals in the Maps app on their iPhone, iPad and Mac have been boosted with more detailed ground data that Apple is regularly collecting with its vehicles.
According to the Apple Newsroom announcement published on December 15, 2022, customers in the above countries can also pan around immersive street-level photographs a la Google Street View with the Look Around feature.
A list of improvements includes 3D models of significant landmarks and buildings (with examples like the Grand Ducal Palace, the NEMO Science Museum and the castles of Bellinzona), enhanced navigation, turn-by-turn directions in augmented reality, more detailed roads, Siri natural language guidance, indoor maps for airports and shopping malls and more.
Before vs. after
To see what Maps features are available in specific countries and regions, visit these webpages on Apple’s website:
Apple Maps aficionado Justin O’Beirne summarized the improvements on his blog, providing before vs. after visual overviews of the most significant changes.
Other countries with the updated Maps experience
Since its revamped maps debuted in the United States in 2019, Apple brought the new experience to other countries like Canada, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Monaco and New Zealand.
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