MapKit updates

Overview

Browse notable changes in MapKit.

June 2025

• Find information about a place using MKGeocodingRequest and MKReverseGeocodingRequest.

• Get address information to use in displays, such as place cards and annotations you create using an MKMapItem, by using MKAddress with Search and reverse geocoding.

• Obtain formatted address strings for a place’s full address, city, or region using MKAddressRepresentations.

• Request cycling directions and ETAs using the cycling transport type.

June 2024

• Obtain a place identifier to track a specific location, such as a business, park, physical feature, or landmark, over its lifetime.

• Show detailed information about a point of interest across MapKit, MapKit for SwiftUI, and MapKit JS.

• Filter location results using criteria such as neighborhoods, postal codes, and municipalities.

• Use pagination to obtain significantly more results over a successive set of calls when using the Apple Maps Server API.

See Also

Technology and frameworks

• Accelerate updates
• Accessibility updates
• ActivityKit updates
• AdAttributionKit Updates
• App Clips updates
• App Intents updates
• AppKit updates
• Apple Intelligence updates
• AppleMapsServerAPI Updates
• Apple Pencil updates
• ARKit updates
• Audio Toolbox updates
• AuthenticationServices updates
• AVFAudio updates
• AVFoundation updates