Eminyakeni embalwa edlule kusuka empini yeGoogle ne-Apple ngaphezulu kwamamephu. IGoogle ibingumhlinzeki omkhulu wemephu ka-Apple, kanti abafana baseCupertino banqume ukubeka amabalazwe abo. I-Apple Maps ibilokhu ithuthuka kakhulu, kepha iqiniso ukuthi kunzima ukusibekela iGoogle, ngani? ngenani elikhulu lemininingwane abanayo evela emhlabeni wonke. I-Google Maps nayo iyathuthuka, futhi manje bayakwenza ngephalethi yombala entsha ethuthukisa izinga lemininingwane yamamephu abo. Ngemuva kokugxuma sikutshela kabanzi ngokuthuthuka kweGoogle Maps.
Njengoba ukwazi ukubona esithombeni esihola lokhu okuthunyelwe, I-Google ifuna ukukhulisa imininingwane yalokho esikubonayo kumamephu ayo ngenxa yephalethi yombala omusha ezibonisa ngokunembe kakhudlwana izici ezahlukahlukene zokuma komhlaba ezizungeze imvelo. Okuthile esizokubona ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zemvelo, babeka i-Iceland njengesibonelo, kodwa lokho sizokubona futhi ngobubanzi amadolobha ngoba nawo athola imininingwane eningiliziwe kunalokho esikuthola kuwo ngiyabonga nakule palette entsha yombala. Kusedolobheni lapho imininingwane yabahamba ngezinyawo nayo ithuthukisiwe khona ukuze sikwazi ukudlula kubo ngenkululeko nokuphepha okuphelele. Izinguquko eziye zenziwa ngenxa yezithombe zesathelayithi, Ngemuva kwalokho ehunyushelwe kumbala ngenxa ye-algorithm entsha ebheka imininingwane eminingi yesifunda ngasinye.
Una ukuvuselelwa kwamamephu okufanele siqale ukuwabona ezinsukwini ezizayo (ngesikhathi sibhala le ndatshana ayikatholakali); futhi lokho kujoyina ukuphakanyiswa okuhle kobuso okwenziwa uhlelo lokusebenza lweGoogle Maps (kanye nokusebenziseka kwayo kwewebhu), ukuthola ukusebenza kwezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza zeGoogle. Njengoba ngikutshela, unganqikazi ukuzama i-Google Maps ye-iOS, uhlelo lokusebenza lokuzulazula ngemephu elihle kakhulu (ukuhlela nokuthola noma iyiphi indawo emhlabeni), kanye nohlelo lokusebenza oluyingqayizivele lwe-GPS yemizila yakho.