Apple Maps launched AR walking directions with iOS 15. These augmented reality features use the camera to capture your iPhone's surroundings, adding real-time directions onto the live image. Only recent iPhone models are compatible with AR waking directions.
The following iPhone models support AR walking directions in Apple Maps:
Yes, Apple Maps supports crowd-sourced hazards such as Accidents and Speed Checks. These features are already familiar to users of Waze and Google Maps.
To report police on the road, you can tell Siri "I see a speed check" or something similar. Otherwise the Report menu can be accessed by following these steps:
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Apple Maps has been updated with COVID-19 vaccination locations around the country. Previously, the Maps app offered directions to Coronavirus testing sites. Thanks to data from VaccineFinder, Apple users can easily search for vaccine sites right from the Maps app.
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Waze has long been one of the most popular navigation apps for many drivers because it allows users to report accidents, hazards, police speed traps and other road conditions in real time, thereby sharing the information with other Wazers. In a pretty significant update with iOS 14.5, Apple Maps now lets its users do the same. It doesn't let you report to the same level of detail as Waze does, but you can report basic accidents, hazards and speed traps. Here's how:
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Apple Maps keeps a history of directions and locations visited while using the app. The history makes it easy to revisit a location or remember the address of a location in the future. Of course, not everyone wants a running history of their whereabouts hanging out on their iPhone. Removing all or part of the location history from Apple Maps can be accomplished directly in the app.
Recently viewed locations are organized into sections, such as This Week and This Month. Each section can be deleted in its entirety, or individual places can be removed.
