Apple Maps Takes Over From Google Maps On What3Words For iPhone

Google Maps has been replaced with Apple Maps as the default navigation app on iPhones by What3Words. Apple Maps has evolved so much that it can finally be considered a worthy Google Maps alternative, and What3Words is ready to go all-in on it. 

What3Word is an application that has provided users with incredible accuracy and been recognised for its continuous increasing, adoption by many. The service splits the entire planet into three-meter squares, and each square has its own address created using a three-word combination.

In other words, using What3Words, you can point someone to a specific exact location, all without worrying about GPS errors or anything like that.

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The updates the service has received lately, along with improvements for mobile apps and partnerships with other companies, all make What3Words a product whose adoption keeps growing and growing. This week, the team working on the app announced another important change for iPhone users.

This means that Apple Map has improved tremendously to be considered a worthy Google Map alternative, and What3Words is ready to go all-in on it. But users are still having the option to replace Apple Maps with Google maps from the settings screen.

How the whole thing works is really easy. Using What3Words, someone can get the address to a specific three-meter square and then choose to navigate to that spot using Apple Maps.

“The latest version of what3words will enable iOS users to use Apple Maps when in the app. Apple Maps has gone through a significant redesign over the past year, with better road coverage and detailed land cover introduced, alongside more three-dimensional buildings and mapped green areas. By adding Apple Maps to what3words, users can now benefit from the enhanced Apple Maps, and allow them to also retain certain accessibility preferences, such as Voice over support which can’t be used with other mapping providers,” the parent company was quoted as saying.

The change should be part of the latest What3Words version for iOS published in the App Store.