I should have guessed that when I found the ‘Refine Location’ icon looking at me this morning, something else was up. Indeed, a closer inspection revealed that Apple Maps activated step-by-step walking guidance in augmented reality for the Tokyo area. AR walking guidance has apparently been added for other Look […]
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Apple Maps adds cycling directions for Japan, Look Around expansion (redirect)
This post has been combined into Big week for Apple Maps Japan: AR walking guidance, cycling directions, more Look Around and redirects to it.
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WWDC22 Wish List
It is hard to be enthusiastic about this year’s WWDC when Apple’s entire integrated software/hardware business model is coming under attack. With so much distraction these days there’s not much of a wish list, just a few observations for Apple Pay, Apple Maps and Text Layout. Apple PayFirst up of […]
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Apple Maps Japan Real-Time Transit is fake
I was surprised to see Japan listed for real-time transit in the iOS Feature Availability page. It’s a recent addition (as of 2022-01-06) but nothing has changed in iOS 15 Apple Maps Japan transit directions, it’s delivering exactly the same transit info since the iOS 15 release, which itself was […]