IOS 7.1 has not even had time to let out the first cries after birth and the first rumors about iOS 8 are emerging. As always one of the main sources of rumors about Apple, 9to5Mac announced that the new iOS wants to go head to head with Google on that concerns the hegemony of maps on smartphones and tablets. According to rumors Tim Cook, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi, as well as the person in charge of Maps Patrice Gautier are already using this new version that will be present in iOS 8 to ensure that iOS Maps will raise the quality standards to which users of Apple are used to it.
It is worth remembering that Apple has abandoned Google Maps support since its 6.0 version to launch its iOS Maps that to date has not yet convinced the majority of users who are still using Google Maps on their iPhones and iPads.
But Apple is eager to change that and one of the big pointers has been the acquisitions of several companies, such as BroadMap, Embark and HopStop, which has improved the database for iOS Maps that may now be more reliable. Coupled with the launch of CarPlay today Apple should want to play hard on navigation systems, traffic information and related information.
Augmented Reality
But the novelty was even the rumor that Apple has already started working on a new augmented reality feature in which the user points the iPhone camera to some street and the street name appears on the display. The patent would already have been registered in 2011 and relies on the iPhone's bussula to identify the position and show street names and path tips. In the iPhone display, in addition to the streets, the user can also view tourist attractions such as walking the boardwalk, pointing the iPhone to Marginal and appear as a place of interest "São Miguel Fortress, Armed Forces Museum - 500m(I.e.
Via: [9to5Mac]
