Kubonakala ngathi uGoogle kunye neApple bayakhuphisana ukuze babone ukuba ngubani onikezela ngolwazi olungakumbi kwiinkonzo zabo zemephu ezahlukeneyo kunye nezicelo. Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo isicelo se-iOS yeeMephu zikaGoogle sahlaziywa ngokongezwa ulwandiso olutsha lweziko lezaziso esivumela ukuba sazi ngokukhawuleza ixesha eliya kulithatha ukuze sifike kwikhaya lethu okanye kwiziko lethu lomsebenzi, oko kukuthi, nangona uGoogle esazi phantse yonke into, kuya kufuneka silungiselele ngaphambili indawo yekhaya lethu kunye neziko lethu lomsebenzi. Ngelixa i-Apple iqhubeka nokongeza kancinci kancinci izixeko ezitsha ngenkxaso ukusinika ulwazi malunga nokuhamba koluntu ezixekweni.
Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, isixeko sokugqibela esiye sazimanya neli qela lincinane lezixeko ENew South Wales eOstreliya. Ukususela ngoku, bonke abasebenzisi be-Apple Maps baya kuba nakho ukusebenzisa ulwazi oluhlanganisiweyo koololiwe kunye neebhasi zesixeko. Phambi kohlaziyo sinokujongana kuphela neeshedyuli zoololiwe abaya eSydney. Ngesi sixeko sitsha, i-Australia ngoku inezixeko ezibini ezihambelana nolwazi lwendlela kwiimephu ze-Apple, ngoko siya kukwazi ukwenza iindlela zethu ezijikeleze isixeko sisebenzisa izithuthi zikawonkewonke.
Olu lwazi lutsha lwezithuthi zikawonke-wonke luphawu Yaziswa okokuqala ngokufika kwe-iOS 9 kwaye okwangoku ifumaneka kuphela kwizixeko ezili-16 kwihlabathi liphela: iSydney, iNew South Wales, iSeattle, iAustin, iBaltimore, iBerlin, iBoston, iChicago, iLondon, iLos Angeles, iMexico City, iMontreal, iToronto, iNew York, iPhiladelphia, iSan Francisco, Washington DC kunye neshumi elinesibini izixeko eTshayina. Asazi ukuba i-Apple iceba ukuqala nini ukwandisa le nkonzo kwizixeko ezininzi ezithetha iSpanishi, ke kuya kufuneka silinde sinqumle iingalo zethu.