The Apple Maps internet shopper beta now runs on Android cellphone browsers

What you want to know

• Apple Maps is now accessible on Android telephones through the beta internet shopper.
• You’ll be able to set up the beta Apple Maps web site in your cellphone as a progressive internet app.
• The net shopper nonetheless has main limitations, like an absence of help for Apple ID sign-ins.

Apple is engaged on an internet model of Apple Maps that may rival the likes of Google Maps. The corporate launched a beta Apple Maps internet shopper in June 2024, and it now helps cellular internet browsers, together with these on Android telephones. As a part of the replace, the shopper has moved from beta.maps.apple.com to maps.apple.com, maybe indicating that Apple Maps for internet is near exiting beta.

The beta Apple Maps internet shopper initially solely labored on desktops and tablets, however now helps iPhone and Android internet browsers. Whereas 9to5Mac reviews that the Apple Maps internet shopper is now out of beta, Android Police nonetheless noticed beta tags on its gadgets — and we’re seeing the identical on our Google Pixel 9a at Android Central.

The net model of Apple Maps nonetheless has main limitations. At the moment, the online shopper does not help signing into your Apple ID. Meaning when you have saved locations or guides in your Apple gadgets, they will not be accessible in your Android cellphone or pill on the internet. Moreover, the Apple Maps web site lacks help for sure sorts of instructions, like transit instructions in some cities.

Though Apple is not providing Maps as a devoted Android app on the Google Play Retailer, that does not imply you’ll be able to’t get the same expertise. Apple Maps’ internet shopper may be changed into a progressive internet app (PWA) on an Android cellphone because of immediately’s updates.