When it seemed that everything related to the Digital Markets Law (LMD) of the European Union and Apple were going to disappear… new changes are coming for the EU and Apple software. Remember that in the last year, iOS and iPadOS have undergone major changes to adapt to all the new legislation included in the LMD, focused above all on restricting antitrust policies. The new changes will come in spring 2025 and the EU will force Apple to Open the default maps and navigation and translation apps. This means that starting next year, users They will be able to define Google Maps as the default navigation app.

Google Maps as the default app: what’s new from the EU, the LMD and Apple

Much of the changes in the LMD focus on open the possibility for users to modify default apps of most of the possible themes: calls, web browser, email, etc. In this way, the user will not only be able to define which are their default apps but will also be able to delete native Apple apps. According to the EU this expands the possibilities of users and limits monopoly against external developers and their apps.

App Store and the European Union

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In a new document published by Apple On its website it has been discovered that new changes will arrive in spring 2025 to comply with the LMD in the European Union. The message is slightly hidden but clear:

In spring 2025, Apple will add support for setting defaults for navigation and translation apps.

That is to say, Default navigation, map and translation apps can be modified just as now the email, the web browser or the password manager app can be modified. This means, and hence the headline, that we can make Google Maps the default app, which was something that many users wanted after not using Apple Maps and being faithful users of Google Maps. We are sure that More changes related to the LMD will come in 2025 but they will arrive in dribs and drabs and Apple will fight with the EU for each of these changes to delay their implementation in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.