The Apple Maps app in iOS 26 consists of some helpful new options for retaining observe of the place you’ve got been and getting alerts if there are any delays that may impression your each day commute. On this information, we have rounded up a listing of every part new with Maps.
Visited Locations
Apple Maps is ready to hold observe of the locations that you have visited, both in your hometown or whereas touring. It could actually observe the eating places, retailers, parks, and landmarks that you just go to, so you possibly can look again and keep in mind the place you’ve got been.
Google has lengthy supplied a timeline that robotically saves visits to locations, and Apple’s new Visited Locations possibility matches the performance obtainable within the Google Maps Timeline.
After you improve to iOS 26, the Maps app pops up an alert letting you recognize concerning the new function, so that you could decide in or decide out.
You possibly can see your Visited Locations by opening up the Maps app, tapping in your profile image, tapping on Locations, after which tapping into Visited Locations. On this interface, the places that you have visited are listed by month, plus there is a search possibility.
There are alternatives to alter how lengthy visits are stored (three months, one yr, and eternally), and to clear your present historical past. You may also take away places one-by-one by tapping on them, and report incorrect location readings. While you clear your historical past, Apple Maps pops up an possibility that allows you to clear every part or clear every part and switch off Visited Locations solely.
If you wish to flip Visited Locations off or allow it at a later date, you are able to do so by going to Settings > Apps > Maps > Location. From there, toggle off Visited Locations. You may also entry the toggle by going to Privateness and Safety > Location Companies > Maps.
Exact Location must be toggled on for Visited Locations to work, and locations that you have been are saved on-device. The knowledge shouldn’t be uploaded to Apple’s servers.
Most well-liked Routes
Utilizing on-device intelligence, Apple Maps is ready to be taught the routes that you just desire to take to places that you just go to regularly, akin to work, house, and faculty, and it retains observe of while you usually go to these locations.
If there is a highway closure or site visitors that is going to impression your commute, the Maps app is ready to warn you concerning the problem and provide up an alternate route so you may get there on time.
A Maps Recommendations Residence Display screen widget exhibits the identical info if there are any route points. That is an under-the-hood function that solely exhibits up when it is wanted, so when you have a brief commute that does not contain roads that regularly see site visitors, you may not have it pop up.
You possibly can flip it on or off by going to Settings > Maps > Location and toggling off the “Most well-liked Routes and Predicted Locations” setting.
Liquid Glass Redesign
The Maps app has adopted Apple’s Liquid Glass redesign, and it brings some refined interface adjustments. The search bar and navigation menu are translucent so you possibly can see a number of the Maps background behind it, and place icons are bigger than earlier than.
Icons have the layered glass look, and the assorted menus, playing cards, and buttons are extra rounded than earlier than. The Share Sheet has a popover design and it too is clear.
The Library tab that was accessible while you faucet your profile image is now referred to as Locations, and it has improved spacing and a brand new Visited Locations part.
Flip-by-turn instructions are in a smaller pop-up bar somewhat than taking on the highest of the Maps show, and time of arrival, size of journey, and distance are proven extra prominently.
Voice Controls
The Voice Quantity part within the Maps app is now Voice Controls, and there are added toggles for Muted, Alerts Solely, or Unmuted so adjusting how turn-by-turn instructions are communicated is extra intuitive.
These controls did exist in iOS 18, however solely as toggles that had no clarification on the proper aspect of the show when turn-by-turn instructions are in progress.
Place Info
While you faucet into or kind a location on the Maps app, the Name, Menu, and Web site buttons at the moment are extra prominently listed on the high of the interface, as are the placement’s hours and the order possibility if one is accessible. There’s now a floating button to get instructions to a spot, and it is at all times obtainable on the backside proper of the app.
Improved Incident Reviews
It is simpler to report an incident like a crash with a brand new incident button that is positioned on the proper aspect of the iPhone when getting turn-by-turn instructions, and extra incident varieties have been added.
You possibly can report a crash, pace examine, site visitors, roadwork, hazard, or highway closure. In iOS 18, choices are restricted to crash, pace examine, and hazard.
Learn Extra
We’ve a devoted iOS 26 roundup that goes into element on all the new options which might be obtainable within the replace.
