The look of Apple Maps changed. How to get back to the original version?

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The look of Apple Maps changed. How to get back to the original version?

The look of Apple Maps changed today. I’ve lost the generic street view (with a clean white or soft tan background) which is easy on the eyes. It seems that I can only choose from driving, explore, satellite, or transit and the background now is green, gray, and blue. Lots of labels and utterly confusing to focus on. It’s just awful. I really don’t want to resort to google maps but I may have to. I have restarted my phone and still no fix. Help!

Posted on Jul 31, 2022 11:22 AM

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1ssmith

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Aug 1, 2022 1:37 PM in response to Kiki1540

Hi Kiki1540,

Let's try a few other steps to investigate this. While you are looking at a city, you may have the option to use street view. You mentioned you weren't able to access street view and the directions below should help fix this:

"In select cities, tap near the bottom of a map.
To change the view, do any of the following:

Pan: Drag a finger left or right.
Move forward: Tap the scene.
Zoom in or out: Pinch open or closed.
Switch to or from full-screen view: Tap or .
View another point of interest: Switch from full-screen view, then tap elsewhere on the map.
Hide labels in full-screen view: Tap the place card at the bottom of the screen, then tap .

3. When finished, tap Done."

This information is from Look around streets in Maps on iPhone.

Let us know if this is what you were referring to.

Cheers.

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