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One such developer, Reüel van der Steege, took the opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison of both Apple Maps’ Look Around and Google Maps’ Street View features, using a road in Hawaii. covered by the end of 2019, with other countries to come next year, and Apple’s mapping fleet has already been spotted numerous times in Canada and elsewhere.Īpple does already have data in place for a few locations, which can be pulled up by users running the iOS 13 developer beta. Look Around isn’t available everywhere yet as it’s dependent on Apple’s fleet of cars to collect the necessary data Apple is promising to have the U.S. While the feature may mimic Street View on the surface, Apple promises that it will deliver smoother and more realistic scrolling and allow users to identify and tap on locations to bring up more details, making for a more robust “live” navigation experience than what Google Maps currently offers.

Apple Maps has achieved a fair bit in the past couple of years, adding public transit and points of interest in iOS 9, improved searching and navigation in iOS 10, indoor maps for airports and shopping malls in iOS 11, and a whole new set of its own first-party maps starting in iOS 12.Īfter beginning its own data collection efforts last year to redesign its maps, it seems that Apple was also quietly working on producing its own answer to Google’s popular Street View feature, including cameras on its fleet of vehicles that would collect enough data to allow it to go a step beyond, and when it debuted iOS 13 last week, it was ready to announce this in the form of a new feature called Look Around. While Google has a long head start over Apple in its mapping efforts, the iPhone maker has been working hard to close the gap, and doing so at a fairly impressive pace.