iOS 13 'Look Around' Maps Feature Expands to Los Angeles and New York City

Look Around, a new iOS 13 Maps feature that's designed to provide a street level view of what's around you similar to Google's Street View is now available in Los Angeles and New York City.

At launch and during the iOS 13 beta testing period, Look Around in Maps was limited to the Bay Area of California, Las Vegas, and parts of Hawaii, but Apple is working to expand it to additional locations.

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Look Around can be used across New York City, from Manhattan and the Bronx to Brooklyn and Queens, and it is also available in Los Angeles from Burbank to Long Beach to Pomona. It's not yet available in Anaheim, Riverside, and other cities further south.

Look Around can be used in the main Apple Maps view whenever there's a pair of binoculars visible. Tapping the binoculars icon launches into a close-up street level view of your location in a little card, which can be tapped again to get a full screen view of Look Around.

Look Around can also be brought up when searching for specific supported locations by tapping on the Look Around card in the search results.

When you're in Look Around mode, tapping on the display lets you move through the area, while tapping in a far off spot in the distance zooms in quickly in a little zoom maneuver that's fun to watch.

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In Look Around mode, notable points of interest like restaurants, businesses, parks, and more are highlighted, but the view is limited to what can be captured from the street since it uses data captured from Apple's mapping vehicles.

Look Around will be expanding to additional locations in 2019 and 2020, and Apple is also still in the process of rolling out its updated maps. Just this morning, the updated maps feature came to New York City right ahead of Look Around.

For those interested in where the new Maps are available and where Look Around is rolling out, the MacRumors forums has a long thread where members share information when new maps features come to additional areas.

(Thanks, Alan and our other MacRumors forum members!)

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anodibu Avatar
75 months ago
Look who we have here ?



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robjulo Avatar
75 months ago
It should get there about 2028.


Slowly, slowly, slowly Apple is inching closer to being better than Google Maps.
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75 months ago
Yup. It’s very impressive, but it’s going to take decades to catch up with street view at the current rate.
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75 months ago
Slowly, slowly, slowly Apple is inching closer to being better than Google Maps.
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75 months ago
I suspect this feature will be completely rolled out just in time to Look Around the cemetery I'm buried in after I die of old age.
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75 months ago
Look Around is great, much more enjoyable to use than Street View but Apple will need to expand quickly.
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