Do you believe that Android users can use Apple Maps?

Since its launch, Apple Maps has been criticized by users and market commentators. Although Apple has made great efforts to improve this service, Apple Maps still does not perform as well as its rival Google Maps, after all, the latter has a much higher "qualification" than the former. However, Apple will not give in. If the latest rumors are true, Apple is planning to make its own map service a cross-platform web online service, and users can use Apple Maps in any browser on any operating system.

This is a bold decision for Apple, because according to Apple's previous style, the company will choose a closed system. No matter how popular their products are or how well they perform, Apple will limit them to its own devices.

The news was first released by Apple Insider, which discovered that Apple’s latest recruitment information includes a position called "Map JavaScript Engineer", which suggests that the company may want to make Apple Maps a cross-platform web service.

Currently, Apple Maps only supports iOS devices running iOS 6 and above and devices running OS X 10.9 Mavericks and above. If the rumors are true, this means that Windows users and Android users will also be able to use Apple Maps in the future.

Even if Apple does this, whether users will buy into it is another matter. After all, everyone is used to using Google Maps. Even as a standalone application on its own system, Apple Maps does not perform as well as its competitors, let alone on other operating systems?

However, this is also one of Apple's means to "win over" users of other platforms. It is reported that Apple will add support for public transportation and traffic information services in its map service.

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