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And third-party statistics confirm Google Maps is one of the first apps so many users install, even on the iPhone, despite Apple actually selling its smartphones with Apple Maps pre-loaded.
Third-party numbers from SensorTower, for example, indicate Google Maps was the seventh most popular app in the App Store in Europe last December, despite Apple users being provided with a native alternative.
In case you’re wondering who was leading the charts, TikTok was the number one app in Europe last December on the iPhone, followed by Zoom, WhatsApp, Instagram, and YouTube. Microsoft Teams was ranked sixth, just ahead of Google Maps, while Facebook, Netflix, and Telegram rounded up the top 10.
There’s no doubt 2020 has been a crazy year, with people forced to stay at home for so many months because of a global health issue that the planet is now trying to deal with.
Google has quietly released a highly anticipated Google Maps feature for Android devices (and thus available on Android Auto, too), allowing users to switch to a language that is different from the one on the phone.