Apple has surprised – and for a long time – Move last summer when it brought Apple Maps to the web. Available on beta.maps.apple.com, the simple web interface brought Apple new and excellent cards to new devices, but limited.
This web interface is only available on Chrome and Safari on Mac and Ipads, and Chrome or Edge on Windows PCs. You could not access it from telephone browsers.
Now, although the site is still very clearly labeled “beta”, there are far fewer restrictions. You can go to Maps.apple.com (no “beta”) on almost all modern devices, including Android phones, and we had no trouble accessing other desktop browsers like Firefox.
The features are always limited to the native iOS, iPad and Mac applications, but the bases are there: walking and direction, commercial information like photos, notes and hours, even the guides are there. Apple added the management of looking around (this is analog for the view of rue de Google Maps) a few months ago. Options such as transit and bicycle departments seem to be missing, for the moment.
With this expansion, Apple Maps is better on the verge of providing significant competition to Google Maps for online services than license card tools, search engines to delivery services.
