iOS 26 - The Apple Maps Thread

[MozMan68]

This is a Wiki Thread for the latest updates to the Apple Maps app. Note that some of the updates listed below may only be available in the latest beta software and not necessarily publicly available until iOS26 is released.

The thread for new Maps updates that occurred during iOS 18 can be found HERE.

The thread for new Maps updates that occurred during iOS 17 can be found HERE.

The thread for new Maps updates that occurred during iOS 16 can be found HERE.

The thread for new Maps updates that occurred during iOS 15 can be found HERE.

The thread for new Maps updates that occurred during iOS 14 can be found HERE.

The thread for new Maps updates that occurred during iOS 12 and iOS 13 can be found HERE.

Please simply click on "EDIT" at the bottom of this post to make changes to the noted areas below.

Please post observed/confirmed changes to the Apple Maps imagery and POI's (from all formats; iOS, iPadOS, MacOS and CarPlay) as new posts to this thread.

Thanks!

Whats New in iOS26?​

• Maps understands your preferred routes.​

  Maps learns the routes you travel regularly and can alert you about significant delays, even before you head out. If your routine changes, iPhone adapts to it so you can conquer your commute.
  
  

• Visited Places in Maps.​

  Never forget a place with the option to remember where you’ve been with Visited Places. Quickly find that great cafe from a trip and share it with a tap.

Updated Maps Areas
Countries are listed alphabetically. Where an entire country did not roll out at once, areas within the country are listed in the chronological order in which they rolled out.

• Australia - Preview released October 19, 2021, Wide release December 10, 2021 (via)
• Austria - Preview released January 23, 2023, Wide release April 7, 2023
• Canada - Preview released October 20, 2020, Wide release December 10, 2020 (via)
• Croatia - Preview released March 10, 2023, Wide release April 7, 2023
• Czechia - Preview released March 10, 2023, Wide release April 7, 2023
• Denmark - Preview released August 31, 2023, Wide release October 12, 2023
• Finland (Including the Åland Islands) - Preview released January 23, 2023, Wide release March 2, 2023
• France - Preview released May 29, 2022, Wide release July 8, 2022
• Germany - Preview released March 4, 2022, Wide release April 21, 2022
• Greece - Preview released August 31, 2023, Wide release October 12, 2023
• Hong Kong - Preview released May 2, 2023, Wide release June 15, 2023
• Hungary - Preview released March 10, 2023, Wide release April 7, 2023
• Ireland - Preview released August 22, 2020, Wide release October 1, 2020 (via)
• Italy - Preview released July 29, 2021, wide release September 10, 2021
• Japan - Wide Release -- August 4, 2020
• Monaco - Preview released May 29, 2022
• New Zealand - Preview released May 29, 2022, Wide release July 8, 2022 (via)
• Norway - Preview released January 23, 2023, Wide release March 2, 2023
• Poland - Preview released March 10, 2023, Wide release April 7, 2023
• Portugal (Not included: Madeira, Azores) - Preview released April 22, 2021, Wide release June 7, 2021
• Singapore - Preview released March 7, 2022, Wide release April 21, 2022
• Slovakia - Preview released May 2, 2023, Wide release June 15, 2023
• Slovenia - Preview released March 10, 2023, Wide release April 7, 2023
• Spain (Included: Canary Islands, Balearic Islands. Not included: Ceuta, Melilla) - Preview released April 22, 2021, Wide release June 7, 2021
• Sweden - Preview released January 23, 2023, Wide release March 2, 2023
• Taiwan - Preview released May 2, 2023, Wide release June 15, 2023
• Thailand - Wide release May 8, 2025
• United Kingdom - Preview released August 22, 2020, Wide release October 1, 2020 (via)
  • Crown Dependencies:
    • Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man - Preview released August 22, 2020, Wide release October 1, 2020
  • Overseas territories:
    • Gibraltar - Preview released April 22, 2021, Wide release 7 June 2021
• United States of America -- Preview started July 3, 2018, Wide release completed January 30, 2020

Look Around
Countries are listed alphabetically. Where an entire country did not roll out at once, areas within the country are listed in the chronological order in which they rolled out.

• Australia
  • Entire country added on December 10, 2021
• Austria
  • Entire country added on September 26, 2023
• Canada
  
  • Nearly every major city as well as most of their suburbs and main highway system across the entire country!! -- Added December 10, 2020
• Croatia
  • Entire country added on April 7, 2023
• Czechia
  • Entire country added on April 7, 2023
• Denmark
  
  • Entire country added on October 12, 2023
• Finland
  • Entire country added on March 2, 2023 (not including the Åland Islands)
• France
  
  • Entire country added on July 8, 2022
• Germany
  
  • Munich -- Added April 21, 2022
  • Frankfurt & Stuttgart -- Added May 19, 2022
  • Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig -- Added June 30, 2022
  • Remainder of country -- Added July 25, 2022
• Greece
  
  • Entire country added on October 12, 2023
• Hong Kong
  
  • Entire country added on October 19, 2023
• Hungary
  • Entire country added on April 7, 2023
• Ireland
  
  • Dublin -- Added October 1, 2020
• Italy
  
  • Entire country including San Marino and Vatican City when wide released on September 10, 2021
• Japan
  
  • Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya -- Added August 4, 2020
  • Fukuoka, Hiroshima, and Takamatsu -- Added December 4, 2020
  • Sendai and Kanazawa -- Added May 17, 2021
  • Kumamoto and Utsunomiya -- Added February 8, 2024
• New Zealand
  • Entire country added on July 8, 2022
• Norway
  
  • Entire country added on March 2, 2023
• Poland
  • Entire country added on April 7, 2023
• Portugal (Not included: Madeira, Azores) - Released June 7, 2021
• Singapore
  
  • Entire country added April 21, 2022
• Slovenia
  • Entire country added on April 7, 2023
• Spain (Included: Canary Islands, Balearic Islands. Not included: Ceuta, Melilla) - Released June 7, 2021
• Sweden
  • Entire country added on March 2, 2023
• Taiwan
  • Entire country added on September 26, 2023
• United Kingdom
  
  • London -- Added October 1, 2020
  • Edinburgh -- Added October 1, 2020
  • Overseas territories:
    • Gibraltar - Added 7 June, 2021
• United States of America
  
  • Hawaii (Island of O'ahu) - Added June 3, 2019
  • Las Vegas metro area - Added June 3, 2019
  • San Francisco/San Jose metro area - Added June 3, 2019
  • Los Angeles metro area - Added September 30, 2019
  • New York City metro area - Added September 30, 2019, Expanded September 20, 2021
  • Houston, TX - Added November 18, 2019
  • Santa Cruz, CA - Added December 18, 2019
  • Boston, MA - Added February 19, 2020
  • Philadelphia, PA - Added February 19, 2020, expanded on December 16, 2021 with release of detailed city experience
  • Washington DC -- Added February 19, 2020
  • Chicago metro area -- Added April 20, 2020
  • Seattle, WA -- Added June 29, 2020
  • Phoenix, AZ -- Added October 7, 2020
  • Miami, FL metro area (including Ft. Lauderdale) -- Added December 16, 2020
  • Detroit, MI metro area (including Ann Arbor, Pontiac and Rochester Hills) -- Added December 16, 2020
  • Denver, CO metro area (including Boulder) -- added December 16, 2020
  • San Diego, CA metro area (including South to the Mexican border and as far North as Escondido and Carlsbad) -- Added February 3, 2021
  • Portland, OR metro area -- added February 3, 2021
  • Atlanta, GA metro area -- added May 12, 2021
  • Dallas/Fort Worth, TX -- Added July 27, 2023
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN -- Added July 27, 2023
  • Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL -- Added July 27, 2023
  • Sacramento, CA -- Added November 2, 2023

Detailed City Experience​

• San Francisco available as of initial iOS15 beta release on June 7, 2021
• Los Angeles available as of iOS15 developer beta 5 release on August 10, 2021. Updated with additional detailed POI's on August 26, 2021
• NYC available on iOS 15 release day, September 20, 2021
• London available on September 27, 2021
• San Diego and Washington DC available on November 11, 2021
• Philadelphia available on December 16, 2021
• Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, CANADA added on March 24, 2022
• Seattle, Miami and Atlanta added on August 5, 2022
• Chicago and Las Vegas added on September 12, 2022
• Sydney and Melbourne (Australia) added on January 20, 2023
• Berlin, Hamburg and Munich (Germany) added on February 17, 2023
• Boston added on March 16, 2023
• Paris (France) added on June 5, 2023 (updated for the Summer 2024 Olympics)
• Dallas and Houston added on July 27, 2023
• Madrid and Barcelona (Spain) as well as Lisbon (Portugal) added on October 5, 2023
• New Orleans added on January 30, 2025
• Stockholm, Sweden added on April 17, 2025
• Copenhagen, Denmark added on May 1, 2025
• Monaco added on May 14, 2025 in advance of F1 race

Report Errors Without Using The App
https://www.apple.com/feedback/maps-ios-ipados.html

Feature Availability by Region
https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/

Apple Vehicle & Pedestrian Image Collection Schedule
https://maps.apple.com/imagecollection

Business Connect - Control how your business is viewed across all Apple devices
Apple Business Connect

Maps Developer Site
https://developer.apple.com/maps/

Maps Data Providers List

Acknowledgements

 

[MakaniKai]

I’d like to know if the new CarPlay updates allow you to actually tap on a search result pin (not the list item, the pin on the map). For example, you search “Apple Store” and three pop up. You tap on one of their pins on the map. Right now in 18, nothing happens. In Android Auto, it would select that as the destination. Massive oversight imo

—
Update: I tested this myself. No, you still cannot select the pins on the map by tapping them 🙄

 

[G1Ravage]

Exciting!

Sort of.

 

[bamf-hacker]

Really wish they would allow satellite view in CarPlay... Its one of the things I love most about Google Maps

 

[bigchrisfgb]

The never ending mapping of cities but never updating it so they have things like look around etc is frustrating.
My entire region in the U.K. must have been mapped for about 4-5 years now without so much of 1 street being added.

 

[G1Ravage]

Someone pointed out on Reddit that Apple updated their Maps coverage page with a bunch of cities in their DCE section that don’t presently have DCE, including Denver and Phoenix.

 

[Speedman100]

I drove with Apple Maps today on the iOS 26 beta and I thought it looked ugly. I’ll have to test it some more. The colors of things just didn’t seem right to me.

 

[MozMan68]

I drove with Apple Maps today on the iOS 26 beta and I thought it looked ugly. I’ll have to test it some more. The colors of things just didn’t seem right to me.

You mean with CarPlay?

I’m traveling right now and haven’t had a chance to check CarPlay yet.

 

[G1Ravage]

Maps now announces railroad crossings and displays them on the map.

 

[DenethorLenwion]

Wish they would add routing in Armenia and Georgia (the country, not the state)... but probably that won't ever happen

 

[Joseph C]

Where is UK Look Around? I swear they completed the whole country with the cameras/vans ages ago already.

 

[bigchrisfgb]

Where is UK Look Around? I swear they completed the whole country with the cameras/vans ages ago already.

This is what I’m asking.
My city has had camera vans and backpackers since they started gathering mapping data.

 

[MozMan68]

Is this new? I fly a lot and I don’t remember getting this type of option for my destination…maybe not…

….and pressing it…the bubble gets bigger, but nothing happens…guessing it’s a new feature.

 

[MozMan68]

New detailed POI info when you arrive is a welcomed changed…and sorry…took a pic of the screen as screenshot on the phone didn’t seem to take a pic of the CarPlay screen as usual.

And I’m actually liking the new view that is pulled back more and shows more of the route…and iOS 26 to me looks great on CarPlay and Maps….loving it so far.

 

[Benni14]

Nice. Can't wait to try all this when iOS 26 is released.

 

[G1Ravage]

Interesting…the ETA bubble doesn’t have the arrow button to expand it anymore?

 

[MozMan68]

Interesting…the ETA bubble doesn’t have the arrow button to expand it anymore?

Nope...more consistent IMHO...just tap it since it has the "expansion line" and it opens

 

[G1Ravage]

I wonder if my car's jog dial will just highlight the entire box now, or just the small line on top.

 

[MozMan68]

Still can't seem to take screenshots of both the phone and CarPlay screen at the same time...oh well. (EDIT: DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD TO TURN ON THE OPTION TO ALLOW CARPLAY SCREENSHOTS IN SETTINGS>GENERAL>SCREEN CAPTURE...FIXED!)

I did do a search for a local store and when I started the route, Maps crashed on me. Routing to pre-selected destinations not affected. Only tried it with this one store, so not sure if it is a persistent (every time you search and try to route to a new place" sort of thing...

 

[MozMan68]

I was in dark mode when I started the car and started searching for a POI...and then it switched to light mode. And now I'm seeing some of the contrast issues people have mentioned. But as I said in another thread, that was also the case when they adjusted the colors for Maps a few years ago. Was fixed after the first beta or two.

 

[one more]

New detailed POI info when you arrive is a welcomed changed…and sorry…took a pic of the screen as screenshot on the phone didn’t seem to take a pic of the CarPlay screen as usual.

And I’m actually liking the new view that is pulled back more and shows more of the route…and iOS 26 to me looks great on CarPlay and Maps….loving it so far.

For CarPlay screenshots, check this out:

“In the Settings app, you can now turn off CarPlay screenshots under General → Screen Capture, so that taking a screenshot on your iPhone does not also generate a CarPlay screenshot while the device is connected to CarPlay.”

I saw it listed as #25 here:

iOS 26 Includes These 100 New Features and Changes for Your iPhone

Apple has announced iOS 26, and the upcoming software update includes a long list of new features and changes for iPhones. The first iOS 26...

www.macrumors.com

Edit: I just saw that you had figured it out already. 😉🖐️

 

[DomC]

Any chance they added the option to always show the map in Light mode? I use the phone in dark mode and the map always shows in dark even in the daytime. Which when driving wearing sunglasses makes it pretty much useless. The option to not only stay light, but then change to dark (like Google Maps) at night is something I've suggested as a feature with previous updates.

 

[MozMan68]

Any chance they added the option to always show the map in Light mode? I use the phone in dark mode and the map always shows in dark even in the daytime. Which when driving wearing sunglasses makes it pretty much useless. The option to not only stay light, but then change to dark (like Google Maps) at night is something I've suggested as a feature with previous updates.

Pretty sure that’s been an option for a long time? If not, yes…you have the choice between light, dark, and automatic.

 

[DomC]

For just Maps? Automatic is for the whole device.

 

[MozMan68]

For just Maps? Automatic is for the whole device.

I will take a screen shot…in the actual CarPlay menu it comes up as an option just like on the iPhone.

And sorry..:yeah…not an option for Maps on the phone..:I was just talking about CarPlay having its own option.