Screen shots of Google's new Maps app for iOS.
(Credit:
Google)
Once banished from Apple's iOS, Google Maps has returned to the mobile platform in the form of a standalone app.
The official Google Maps app returned to Apple's App store this evening. As expected, the new app includes turn-by-turn navigation, just like its
Android counterpart, as well as public transit directions, and its Street View.
Google supplied the map function to iOS devices until the release of
iOS 6 this fall, when it was replaced by Apple's homegrown mapping solution. The maps were found to be rife with embarrassing errors, leading Apple CEO Tim Cook to issue a rare public apology on the subject. Apple retreated on claims that the app was the "most powerful mapping service ever" and even began promoting other maps apps in its App Store.
The ouster of iOS software chief Scott Forstall was said to be linked to Cook's apology and Forstall's unwillingness to sign it. Richard Williamson, who was in charge of the company's maps software for iOS, was also reportedly fired.
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