The iOS 18.4 update is coming to iPhones and with it will come an option that only Europeans will benefit from: the ability to to choose a default navigation app other than Apple Maps.
Since 2023, the big names in Tech have been showing more and more openness about their flagship products. This is not out of ethics, but because Europe voted several binding texts such as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) or the Digital Services Act (DSA). It is thanks to them that we finally have a USB-C port on iPhones for example, or that iOS no longer imposes certain applications by default.
The changes made to Apple's mobile operating system have not all been deployed at once, especially since they only concern Europeans. We have to wait for several iOS updates to see some of them, as is the case here. When iOS 18.4 arrives next April, it will allow, among other things, to say goodbye to Apple Maps and choose another app to launch by default for navigation. Here is the procedure: follow.
How to replace Apple Maps with another default navigation app on iPhone
Once the iOS 18.4 update is installed on your iPhone, the process will be very simple. Simply go to Settings > Apps > Default Apps > Navigation and choose the app of your choice instead of Apple Maps. Nothing prevents you from using Google Maps or Waze, for example, as long as you have installed one or the other service beforehand.
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Unlike some features like Apple Intelligence, which debuted in France several months after its arrival across the Atlantic, this time it is Europeans who will have first access to the option. It could also remain exclusive to the Old Continent, as the company with the bitten apple has no intention of opening its ecosystem in this way to the United States. As long as it isn't forced to do so by new regulations, anyway.
Source: MacRumors
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