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A new Apple Maps ‘search here’ button will quickly target specific areas

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Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge

Apple Maps will finally let you manually refresh your search as you pan around to find similar destinations in adjacent (or distant) areas. In the iOS 18 beta, Apple Maps displays a new “search here” button after you search for things like coffee shops or restaurants and then shift the map to a new area.

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Sometimes when I’m hungry, I want to know my options in the next town without waiting for Apple Maps to refresh.

In the current version, Apple Maps intermittently updates the search area as you pan around, which can get frustrating when I’m attempting to invoke (or avoid) a refresh. As reported by MacRumors, Apple Maps still auto-refreshes as you move around, but at least you no longer need to…

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