How Apple Maps protects your privacy when navigating
Apple’s approach to privacy extends to the Maps service, which divides your route into scrambled sections on servers so that no one, not even Apple, knows your entire route.
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MPScale adds a functional distance scale to Apple’s Maps app
Apple’s Maps app has evolved a lot over the years, but it still lacks one of the most primitive features: a functional distance scale. This jailbreak tweak fixes that.
Apple Maps transit directions and indoor maps expand to new areas
Apple has expanded coverage of Maps’ transit directions to encompass the entirety of a bunch of US states while indoor maps are now available for quite a few shopping malls.
Apple Maps launches transit directions in Denmark, Sweden, Norway & Finland
Apple has expanded availability of transit directions in its Maps app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch to four European markets: Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Apple Maps: new Flyover locations & indoor maps, turn-by-turn directions in India
Apple Maps has rolled out several of its offerings to new markets, including speed limits in Canada, turn-by-turn directions in India and new flyover locations and indoor maps.
Night Maps brings a universal Dark Mode experience to various mapview-supported apps
Are you ready for a universal Dark Mode experience for the mapview of almost any map or navigation app? If so, then check out a new jailbreak tweak called Night Maps.
Waze rolling out audio player with support for Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio & more
With eight launch partners, including Spotify, Deezer, Pandora and others, Waze’s all new audio player functionality makes it easy to get lost in your music, not on the road.
Add transparency and zoom features to Google Maps for iOS with GMEnhancer
GMEnhancer is a new free jailbreak tweak that lets you tweak the UI of the Google Maps app with custom transparency and zoom options.
You can now use Google’s Waze using CarPlay
The latest version of Waze finally adds CarPlay support to the popular navigation app. The compatibility arrives with the 4.43.4 app update.
Google Maps app gains Events section, route elevation for biking & walking directions
You can now get a list of everything happening nearby in the refreshed Google Maps app, as well as access elevation data for walking and cycling routes.
How to stop seeing Maps when using Apple Watch stepping directions in watchOS 5
Aside from other new features, the watchOS 5 software gives you a new option to show navigation with the Maps on your wrist when walking or using public transportation, here’s how.
How to customize Maps turn-by-turn navigation alerts on your Apple Watch in watchOS 5
With watchOS 5, Apple Watch wearers are allowed to separately toggle turn-by-turn alerts for driving, CarPlay and walking, which wasn’t possible on older watchOS versions. If you mainly navigate with your watch, here’s how to customize navigation alerts to your liking.