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Apple Planning to Expand Maps App's 'Look Around' Feature

Apple Maps is seemingly preparing for a significant expansion of its "Look Around" feature to compete more aggressively with Google's...

A recent discovery by X user Ryan Fae, shared with MacRumors, reveals that ‌Apple Maps‌' vector tile format, used in the beta version of the web-based platform, leaks information about future Look Around coverage areas. The findings also suggest that new countries are set to gain Look Around coverage as well, including Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, China, Belarus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Mexico, and Slovakia. Apple is planning to debut completely redesigned Mac mini models with the M4 and M4 Pro chips later this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.

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