Google Has Not Yet Submitted a Google Maps App to Apple [Update]

Maps iconReuters reports (via TheNextWeb) that Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has denied claims that the company has already submitted a Google Maps application to Apple's App Store.

Google Inc. has not submitted a new Google Maps application to Apple Inc after the iPhone maker dropped the use of it in launching its newest device, the head of the world's top search engine provider said on Tuesday.

The rumor emerged last week shortly after Apple launched iOS 6. In iOS 6, Apple replaced the Google-based Maps on iOS devices with the company's own solution. Apple's Maps have since drawn criticism for areas of poor coverage.

Schmidt told reporters, "We have not done anything yet" and stated that they've been talking to Apple for a long time and talk to them every day.

Update (Sept 25, 1:34am PT): Bloomberg has a slightly different interpretation of Schmidt's comments. Schmidt said that it was up to Apple to approve the app, though they claim that Schmidt declined to say if Google Maps had been submitted.

“We haven’t done anything yet with Google Maps,” Schmidt told reporters in Tokyo today. Apple would “have to approve it. It’s their choice,” Schmidt said, declining to say if the Mountain View, California-based company submitted an application to Apple for sale through its App Store.

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Top Rated Comments

lbro Avatar
164 months ago
I'm not updating to 6.0 until Google Maps is on the app store. It really is a deal breaker for me.
Score: 51 Votes (Like | Disagree)
unlimitedx Avatar
164 months ago

Think of it this way... If people start jumping ship on iOS because the maps sucks, Google might win a few extra Android sales. They really have no reason to make an maps app for iOS. What benefit would they have?
To collect the user data and mine it
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tibi08 Avatar
164 months ago
I'm surprised Google haven't moved quicker on this, if they wait too long then they will lose momentum from the iOS 6 launch. People might actually.... and I have some difficulty saying this.... get used to Apple Maps!
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Che Castro Avatar
164 months ago
Most of you on here that are complaining about apple maps have not even tried it yet
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
6251694 Avatar
164 months ago
Think of it this way... If people start jumping ship on iOS because the maps sucks, Google might win a few extra Android sales. They really have no reason to make an maps app for iOS. What benefit would they have?
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Macist Avatar
164 months ago
Oh hell. So iOS6 users could be without mapping for months?

What a joke Apple is becoming. Still, I hope this blows up in their face bigtime. They need a 'shock to the system' to get back to basics - like freakin' Macs for example.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)