So there's no more need to use a third-party app or buy a paper map. But Apple Maps only had a little-known caching workaround to produce something even remotely similar to full offline maps - until now.Īpple finally gives us true offline maps in Apple Maps with iOS 17 and iPadOS 17. Google Maps and other map apps have had offline maps for a while now. Offline maps help you get around an unfamiliar area whenever you anticipate encountering bad cellular reception and no internet connectivity.
