iOS 27 is packed with a wide array of new features for iPhone, including in Apple Maps. Here are the two tentpole iOS 27 features for Apple Maps, plus some miscellaneous improvements.
Apple Maps in iOS 27 gets upgraded Flyover feature and Local Lists, plus other improvements
Apple Maps doesn’t look drastically different when you open it in iOS 27. But Apple has a variety of big and small improvements in its latest update.
One tentpole feature is an upgraded Flyover experience. Per Apple:
Apple Maps brings an enhanced Flyover experience, which combines aerial imagery with AI to enable users to view imagery in stunning detail for select cities around the world like never before. Whether scouting a location before a trip or simply exploring a city from a new perspective, the enhanced experience gives users a sharper and more lifelike glimpse into destinations across the globe.
Apple also highlights a new Local Lists feature that’s available in the US:
With Local Lists, Apple Maps users in the U.S. can find the perfect spot for meeting friends, dining, and more. Using intelligent insights from what’s trending, Maps surfaces locally relevant collections of places — from trending restaurants to great spots to take kids — so it’s easy for users to find what they are looking for. All insights are derived with privacy in mind and never tied to individual users.
Beyond these two tentpole changes, iOS 27 also has a variety of other improvements:
- More Suggested Places: The new Suggested Places feature that arrived in iOS 26.5 now lets you swipe horizontally through many more suggestions, so it’s not limited to just two placed
- Trending Restaurants: The search screen now shows a Trending Restaurants section
- Natural language search for routing: AI search expands to routing specifics
- Maps Parked Car widget in Smart Stack: Makes it easy to find your car via Apple Watch
- Offline Maps update improvements: Apple doesn’t say what the exact improvements are
iOS 27 also brings certain features to more territories around the world, including Visited Places and Guides. And the Maps icon has been refreshed with a new design, as seen above.
Which new iOS 27 features in Apple Maps are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments.
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