iOS 14 has not meant a drastic revolution at the design level. However, Apple has spent all its time polishing and offering little new features that can make life easier for the user. Their involvement in widgets, non-intrusive notifications or the Translate app make the user experience significantly improve. In the new beta 6 of iOS 14 for developers Another new function has begun to be integrated in some devices: a proprietary rating system for Apple Maps. With this, the big apple wants to stop depending on the opinions of Yelp or Foursquare and forge its own system.
A slow implementation of the new rating system in Apple Maps
To discover what's new in iOS betas for developers, you have to test every corner of the system. Thanks to 9to5mac We know this news only available to a select group of people. It's about a location rating system in Apple Maps. Currently, when we press on a restaurant, bar or business we access a series of information. On the one hand, we have the information that the owners include such as the hours, the telephone number or the website. On the other hand, subjective information with images, opinions and reviews comes from third-party services, especially from the Yelp and Foursquare apps.
The iOS 6 beta 14 for developers includes this new proprietary rating system within Apple Maps. It is a good maneuver on the part of those in Cupertino to stop depending on third-party platforms and start having a robust system of reviews, images and ratings that can be managed from the applications itself. This function It is only deployed in some users and in some areas even if you have beta 6 installed. It is expected that the final version of iOS 14 will finally include this system in the entire ecosystem of Apple maps.
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- Beau 😷 (@BeauGiles) August 26
Thumbs up and thumbs down ratings
Behind all this system there is a clear policy. In fact, Apple has already updated its legal regulations to determine what can appear and what not in the images that you want to attach in the evaluations within the application. In addition, it is also expected the normalization of valuations using artificial intelligence that allows only users who have visited the location to vote and not everyone because then the valuation would lose credibility.
As for the system itself, it is based on a file where various items are valued depending on the type of location. It is voted if the place is recommended thumbs up or thumbs down. The quality of the service and the products can also be assessed separately. Finally, images can be added that will appear on the location tab in Apple Maps after a prior check by Cupertino employees.