Navigating around Dallas-Fort Worth just became a much more interactive experience following the newest update to Apple Maps.
Apple Inc. recently rolled out an upgraded version of its Apple Maps in Dallas and Houston, granting local iPhone users access to the app’s “detailed city experience” (DCE) feature, which offers enhanced navigation, immersive walking directions, highly detailed maps, powerful transit updates, curated guides, and so much more.
As part of the latest update, Apple Maps will include a new “windshield view” for drivers when approaching complex interchanges, custom-designed 3D landmarks, street-level imagery, updated transit routes, and much more, WFAA reported.
“Apple Maps introduces a new way to navigate cities with a visually stunning 3D map that offers unprecedented detail for neighborhoods, commercial districts, marinas, buildings, and more,” Apple said of the DCE when the feature launched as part of iOS 15 in 2021.
“Now users can see elevation details across a city, new road labels, and hundreds of custom-designed landmarks like Coit Tower in San Francisco, Dodger Stadium in LA, the Statue of Liberty in NYC, and the Royal Albert Hall in London, with more to come,” the tech giant said.
Apple initially launched the feature in only four cities — London, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco — but has since expanded the feature to more than 20 locations, with Dallas and Houston marking the latest metro regions to get the DCE.
Some of the DCE’s enhanced navigation features include upgraded displays for road markings, land cover, trees, bus and taxi lanes, and crosswalks. Local landmarks that received new 3D representation in the app include AT&T Stadium, the Dallas Museum of Art, Reunion Tower, and much more.
As part of the rollout, local residents will also get access to Apple’s newest augmented reality feature, “Look Around.” The Look Around feature allows iPhone users to navigate their way around DFW with a 360-degree view with street-level imagery, similar to the AR feature in Niantic’s Pokemon Go app.
For a full list of DCE features, click here.
