Apple Maps Native Ratings And Photo System Now Available In The US

Apple Maps has always relied on third-party platforms like Foursquare, Yelp, and TripAdvisor to show reviews of a place on the map. While this came with the benefit of having thousands of reviews from these partners’ databases, users had to download other apps to submit their own reviews.

Apple introduced with iOS 14 last year a new ratings and photo system for points of interest in Apple Maps that was built entirely by the company without relying on third-party services. Now these features are being rolled out to US users.

The list of countries (Australia is in there) that already support Apple’s own rating system in Apple Maps is available on the company’s website.