Apple Maps Has Ads Now. They Might Not Be Terrible, but You Can’t Turn Them Off
Apple, as expected, has introduced advertisements into its Maps navigation app, though you might not notice them at first.
The company confirmed in March it would bring ads to Maps and other services, including Mail, Wallet and Siri, as part of an Apple Business platform it launched in April. The ads are expected to roll out for Maps in the US and Canada before appearing in other regions.
The only way to tell that you’re seeing a paid advertisement in Maps, at least for now, is a very small “ad” marker. Suggested locations appear alongside ones that aren’t marked as ads.
In CNET’s testing, ads in Maps only appeared next to some search results, and unlike what you’d see in Google Maps, there are so far no sponsored pins. Not every search result showed ads, even in highly populated areas like New York City and San Francisco. So at...
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