Despite the fact that some developers refuse to release their applications for Android, users of this system have never experienced a shortage of software. Any, even the most specific program could be replaced. Except, perhaps, Apple services, which, well, in no way wanted to adapt them to Android, making an exception only for Apple Music. But if you obviously will not watch Apple TV + on the phone screen, and Safari perfectly replaces Google Chrome, then Apple Maps on Android could be useful to some. So, we need to look for access to them.
Apple Maps can even be used on Android
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Despite the fact that Apple did not release a separate Apple Maps application for Android, and for some reason it does not offer a web version, this does not mean at all that you can use Apple Maps only on native devices. Few people know that Apple Maps is an open platform that can form the backbone of any map service. Therefore, do not be surprised that you can also access Apple maps on Android. The main thing is to do a little preparatory work.
How to enable Apple Maps on Android
Apple Maps is the native mapping service of the DuckDuckGo search engine. I’ve already talked about how it differs from Google – be sure to read it. This is exactly what we need.
- Launch Chrome and open the DuckDuckGo.com website ;
- Fill in any request there and press the search button;
First enable DuckDuckGo as your default search engine
- Go to “Settings” Chrome – “Search engine” – DuckDuckGo;
Now you can use Apple Maps
- Now fill in any address you need in the DuckDuckGo search;
- Open the Maps tab at the top of your search – that’s Apple Maps.
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It’s important to understand that Apple Maps in DuckDuckGo works exactly like maps. With their help, you can find the establishments you need, plot a route, measure distances from one point to another, and so on. Unfortunately, however, they will not work as a navigator. No, the maps will indicate the preferred path to follow, calculate all turns and distances between them, point to signs, etc., but they will not be able to guide you automatically, notifying you with a voice about the need to turn right or left.
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It might seem odd that DuckDuckGo uses Apple Maps as the basis for its map service. Still, Apple branded cards, although they have matured a lot lately, are still far from ideal, especially outside the United States. However, the search engine deliberately chose Apple Maps due to their high level of security. Apple carefully monitors the privacy of its users, and DuckDuckGo, for which the protection of user data is not an empty phrase, made a bet on its product.
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Apple is not putting it up for public comment, but Apple Maps is truly state-of-the-art protected. Recently it became known that Apple carefully encrypts the routes that users lay, processing them on different servers. Therefore, even if the company’s employees somehow manage to decrypt the data, they simply will not be able to match the points, since it is completely incomprehensible on which server the starting point is processed, and on which – the final one.
