Apple Working on New Maps App for iPhone and iPad
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Apple has been using the Google-powered Maps app in all iOS-powered devices, since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. Back then, Apple and Google were very close partners, but since then, the companies grew apart, and eventually turned out to be ‘frenemies.’
Since then, Google launched Android, and built a great maps app for the operating system, featuring unique capabilities such as 3D maps, and most importantly, turn-by-turn navigation. Meanwhile, the Maps app that ships with iPhone and iPad never really evolved, and as of today, it still doesn’t offer much more than aerial maps and traffic information.
As a result, Apple is allegedly working on its own maps and navigation service, to replace the Google-powered app once and for all. According to 9to5mac, Apple posted a new job opening on its corporate website, to hire a new developer tasked to “radically improve how people interact with maps and location-based services.”
The Maps team is looking for an exceptional developer to join us in our mission to radically improve how people interact with maps and location-based services.
Apple has been rumored to be working on its own maps service for a while. The company already hired several developers late last year to help with the development of “navigation software on a massive scale.” The new service could be tied to the upcoming new version of MobileMe, and could be powered by Apple’s new data center in North Carolina.
