In the summer of 2013 Apple announced the takeover of geolocation service HopStop. Notable not only for the fact that the guys from Cupertino have decided to improve its own maps through third party services, and that the day of confirmation of acquisitions the company has removed the HopStop app for the Windows Phone platform. Two years later, the same fate will befall version for iOS and Android. According to a post on the website HopStop, a service will be closed in October this year.
Buy HopStop was justified by the desire of Apple to improve its mapping service. Own card company, which debuted in the fall of 2012, were not credible and completeness of the information that angered many users. In turn, HopStop offers users an online map of more than 600 cities in the world, where there is a route on foot, by bike, in the car or on the subway. The service was founded in 2005 and supported mobile platforms iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
It is noteworthy that after the purchase of HopStop, literally the same day, Apple has disabled the app for smartphones on Windows Phone. In programs there is a record that this OS is no longer supported, and to obtain the required functionality, the company is recommended to use either a mobile website or iOS smartphones or Android. The link to the Windows store app Marketplace was removed from the site.
With the release of iOS 9 in Cupertino will refuse to maintain a separate service and for gadgets with iOS and Android. In the new mobile platform Apple offered users a function to build routes using different modes of public transport. At launch it will be available to residents of the USA (Baltimore, Maryland, Chicago, Illinois, new York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, San Francisco, Washington), China, the UK (London), Mexico (Mexico city), Canada (Toronto).
The final version of iOS 9 will be released on September 16. The update will be available for free download on all devices supported by iOS 8.
