It’s 2025, and somehow, Apple Maps still doesn’t have ads. While virtually all of the competition has implemented some form of advertisements in their mobile apps, the Maps app remains ad-free.

According to Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, Apple is once again considering monetizing its Maps app with search ads. The company already does this with its News and Stocks apps. The goal is ...

The big picture: Apple is said to be revisiting a plan to monetize its Maps app through advertising. The company considered baking search ads into Maps years ago but ultimately shelved the idea.

Apple already earns a lot from search ads in the App Store. This could also be coming soon to the previously ad-free Apple Maps. According to the report, the advertising department has recently ...

When the iPhone first launched, it was preloaded with Google Maps. In 2012, Apple replaced it with its own mapping application known as Apple Maps. It launched in beta in the iOS 6 beta ...