According to Apple, this will offer better
driving navigation, transit directions, and an augmented reality walking
experience. The company has announced that the new city experience is available
in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Previously, this feature had been available
in a half a dozen US cities including Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San
Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, as well as London in the UK.
Where available, it offers a sizable
improvement to how cities look in Apple's software, and even includes 3D models
of major landmarks.
From a functional perspective, these
improvements help with driving directions, like showing more detail about which
road lanes to use.
Apart from that, driving navigation,
directions for public transit will also see improvements in the added cities.
UI improvements will include letting users pin their favourite transit lines, walkers can get step-by-step directions in augmented reality, while cycling directions are available in Montreal, said Apple in a newsroom post.