Apple has launched step-by-step directions on the Maps app for users across the UAE. Existing Apple device users as well as CarPlay users can start using Apple Maps to navigate and find the way to their destinations across the country. Apple Maps offers step-by-step directions with full Arabic support that guide you while you're driving and walking.

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In addition, to the Maps application, the indoor maps feature of Dubai International Airport, Dubai Festival City and Dubai Mall, one of the largest shopping destinations in the world, has been added, giving users a way to explore these places even before they reach them, and these new features will be available in the coming days.

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Apple Maps application features

● Groups feature that gives users an easy way to design and share lists of their favorite sites, places they want to visit, or the best places to hang out.

● Favorite feature that allows customers to quickly and easily navigate to the places they visit every day. The user can simply click and launch as soon as the location he wants is in the list of favorite places on the play screen, whether his destination is home, workplace, gym, or school.

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● The ETA feature that sends your family, friends or co-workers your estimated time of arrival with a simple click. The recipient can follow the trip, and Maps will even send an update of the arrival time should there be a big delay.

● Flight status feature that uses Siri smart technology on the device to search for information stored on the mail, calendar, or wallet application, and initiates sending information about airport buildings, gate locations and departure times, and informs you of any change that affects your next flight, whether by delay or cancellation.

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● Indoor maps feature for airports and malls that allow users to make the most of their trips or shopping trips. By simply opening the Maps application, the user can know the floor in which it is located, the locations of the restrooms, and even the shops and restaurants open.

Privacy in Apple Maps

Privacy is one of the basics that are indisputable in the Apple Maps application experience, as it provides custom features designed using smart technology on the device. And because Apple is committed to keeping your personal information secure, it has integrated privacy into the core of the Maps app.

● No sign-in is required to use the Maps application, and it is not connected to the Apple account in any way.

● Personalized features such as suggesting a departure time for your next appointment are designed using smart technology on the device.

Any data that Maps collects while using it, such as search terms, directions, and traffic information, is linked to random identifiers that are constantly reset to ensure the best possible experience and improve the Maps app.

● The Maps application took additional steps to block the user's location on Apple's servers when performing searches, through a process known as “jamming”.

● The Maps application converts the exact location in which the search is originated to a less accurate location after 24 hours and does not keep a record of what was searched for or the places the user went to.

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