Apple Maps is quickly improving, and iOS 26.5 brings useful new addition
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Key Points:
- iOS 26 introduced significant Apple Maps improvements including Visited Places, Preferred Routes, and AI-powered natural language search, enhancing user experience and search accuracy.
- Visited Places privately tracks your location history on-device, aiding search by marking previously visited locations, while Preferred Routes proactively alerts users to potential delays on frequently traveled paths.
- The upcoming iOS 26.5 update adds a new Suggested Places feature, offering personalized location recommendations in the search field before typing, based on trending spots and past searches.
- Early beta users report that Suggested Places is a useful and unobtrusive addition, though some desire more than the two suggested locations currently shown, possibly via a horizontally scrolling interface.
- Despite potential future advertising integration, the feature is expected to remain a positive enhancement to Apple Maps, complementing existing functionalities and improving discovery.
