After nearly two years of continuing to rely on Google Maps to give users the ability to recover their iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches and Macs through the Find My iPhone system, today Apple made the decision to give up at the map service. Accessing the Find My iPhone system from the iOS platform, or directly from iCloud, will result in viewing the maps offered by Apple Maps and not those accessible through the Google Maps system, as in the past.
The decision taken by the Apple company is radical, considering that Google Maps contains much more detailed and accurate information than Apple Maps, but not entirely unexpected by most users. As you can already see from the image above, iCloud already displays Apple Maps in the Find My iPhone web application and in Romania you will have great problems locating a lost terminal, considering that Apple Maps is, for the most part, good for nothing.
Apple Maps replaces Google Maps in Find my iPhone for iCloud
The change was initially made at the beginning of this year in the beta version of iCloud.com and developers have been able to access Apple Maps for Find My iPhone since then, but from now on everyone is forced to do it. Apple's decision was expected for a very long time and is one of the last that must be done to completely eliminate dependence on Google's services, although this will negatively affect hundreds of millions of users.
Although the Apple company praises the Apple Maps system, the reality is that it is somewhat useful only in the USA, and in countries like Romania only the big cities have a somewhat adequate coverage, the rest of the cities not having similar attention. Unfortunately for Apple this matters too little and in this idea, using Find My iPhone no longer has any real purpose apart from the advantage offered by Activation Lock.
