Apple Maps brings Look Around to Finland, Norway, and Sweden

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Apple is continuing to steadily roll out its dramatically improved Apple Maps worldwide, with three European countries now getting 3D images, and Look Around, for the first time.

New Apple Maps design for Finland, Norway, and Sweden
New Apple Maps design for Finland, Norway, and Sweden


Back in July 2020, Apple Maps cars were revealed to be taking to the road in Finland, Norway, and Sweden -- and now those countries have come the latest to get the new mapping design.

Apple has announced that users in these countries will now get the redesign's easier route planning, better navigation and 3D views of landmarks such as Olofsborg in Finland, Akershus fortress in Norway and Palmhuset in Sweden.

"Maps are the best way to explore and navigate the world while protecting your privacy," Eddy Cue, Senior Vice President of Services at Apple said, in translation, in a statement. "We're excited to offer even more users this experience with the new features we're launching today."

"Maps have been redesigned from the ground up with better navigation, greater detail and more accurate location information," he continued. "It also includes great features that only Apple can offer, including Look Around and Natural Language Guidance."

"Now it's easier than ever to find exciting places and get where you want to go," said Cue.

As well as the visual updates to Apple Maps, the new redesign includes improved natural language guidance so that Siri can say "turn left at the next traffic light," for instance. There's also now Shared ETA, which lets Apple Maps text your arrival time to someone, and text updates if that changes.

Apple has been rolling out the redesign for several years now, most recently including for users in countries such as France, Monaco, and New Zealand.

Read on AppleInsider

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    3D maps has been available for several years for the big cities here in Sweden, but the rest is new. I just tried the look around feature, it looks really good and smooth.
    Japheywatto_cobra
  • Reply 2 of 5
    elijahgelijahg Posts: 2,759member
    This is great, but why are they being so so slow? Google managed to cover pretty much the whole world in a couple of years. Apple Maps has been out for 10 years now, and in the UK, only central and parts of Greater London have look around. They will literally never cover just the cities of the world this side of 2100 if they continue at this rate.
    edited March 2023 muthuk_vanalingam
  • Reply 3 of 5
    danoxdanox Posts: 2,871member
    elijahg said:
    This is great, but why are they being so so slow? Google managed to cover pretty much the whole world in a couple of years. Apple Maps has been out for 10 years now, and in the UK, only central and parts of Greater London have look around. They will literally never cover just the cities of the world this side of 2100 if they continue at this rate.
    Good point maybe Apple should up their fees for Googles default position on iOS, to help pay for it…..
    elijahgwatto_cobra
  • Reply 4 of 5
    chasmchasm Posts: 3,304member
    elijahg said:
    This is great, but why are they being so so slow? Google managed to cover pretty much the whole world in a couple of years.
    Your memory on this is very faulty.
    watto_cobra
  • Reply 5 of 5
    StrangeDaysStrangeDays Posts: 12,881member
    I'd be happy if we got coverage in the US. I'm in a major city with two pro sports teams and has hosted multiple Super Bowls -- still no Look Around.
    muthuk_vanalingam
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