Opening Apple Maps Defaults To Home, Not Current Location

Opening Apple Maps will show my home address and assume I am driving there. Instead, I would prefer to old way that opens to your current location so you can see what is around. It's only 2 steps to clear the directions and narrow in on your location but would prefer this to happen when I open the app

iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 19, 2022 1:03 PM

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1 reply

DerekM87

Community Specialist

Oct 21, 2022 1:36 PM in response to benfromshirley

Hi benfromshirley,

This can be expected behavior from iOS depending on your usage habits. iOS may attempt to anticipate your most likely commute and load it when opening maps.

If you'd like to see tweaks to how this works, we can recommend submitting feedback to Apple Support here:

Feedback - Maps for iOS and iPadOS - Apple

Take care.

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