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Yep.

Wife: My Apple Maps isn't working.

Me: Hmm, it's not working for me either. They must be having server problems. You should use Google Maps for now.

Wife: I can't download Google Maps either, the App Store doesn't seem to be working.

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Yeah I posted about that here (this just bit me) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30757193 and I was flagged to oblivion.

Looks like I really need to keep a 3rd party nav app installed just in case!

Always. Here maps is a good backup solution. It allows you to download pretty much the entire world - if you have the space in your phone.

I always use Apple Maps, but once in a while if I'm in an unfamiliar city and the Apple Maps directions seem suspiciously weird, it is useful to have Google Maps app for a sanity check. (directions to a particular pier at the Seattle waterfront were insanely incorrect via Apple)

Try Organic Maps - offline-first OpenStreetMap app. It's really good!

Maps, App Store, iMessage on macOS works

They work on iOS as well - so it seems to be a regional thing?

(Location: Germany)

I agree. Regional.

Guessing the issues are centered on North America.

Maps and iMessage are working for me in Canada, but not music.

On my side in France apple Map only partially work. Basemap are displaying correctly but query and routing function are unreachables. "Domain name not found" (translated from french). So it could be a DNS meltdown?

Usually basemap because they are heavy are served through a separate CDN.

Everything in the App Store was working for me except actually downloading apps. Seems to be (mostly) resolved now.

for me the search function also refused to work, but the start page loaded without a problem... downloading an app still seems to not work though...

Both Apple Maps and Google Maps work in the browser, no need for an app.

I would not say need, but the connection from the device to carplay is really nice.

For turn by turn?

Probably true, but we wanted it for driving directions via CarPlay and were in a bit of a rush. The car's built-in navigation (which we otherwise never use) ended up working fine, but the browser versions probably would have been my next attempt.

Same with my Apple Maps over the course of an hour this morning.

Rough order of events:

1. Not working (could not find server)

2. Not working (request timeout)

3. Restart app

4. Working

Perhaps DNS was broken for awhile and restarting the app cleared the DNS cache and forced a fresh IP lookup?

Can you use the web version of Google maps?

Yes. I have been doing that for quite some time.

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