An Apple Maps outage that lasted about four hours on Friday and caused problems with navigation and location searches has been resolved, the company said.
The app was having problems between 5:48 a.m. and 10:05 a.m. in California, according to a notice on Apple’s website, Bloomberg reported. While Apple Maps was riddled with bugs and poor data upon its launch in 2012, the service’s search and navigation features have rarely stopped working. Maps is a key feature for mobile devices like smartphones, used for navigating in the car, by foot, or by public transportation.
Apple didn’t say what caused the issue, which affected consumers globally.
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