From today, users in Italy, San Marino, Vatican City and Andorra can use Apple's new Maps app, "which offers faster and more accurate navigation," the company explains.
New graphics include full views of streets, buildings, parks, airports, shopping malls and more.
"Apple Maps is the best way to explore and navigate the world, all while protecting privacy - explained Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Services - we are thrilled to offer this experience to even more people."
A special attention goes to privacy: Maps does not require any registration and is not linked to an Apple ID.
Custom functions, such as departure time hints, are created using the intelligence already present on the device, without exchanging sensitive data with the network.
All information collected during use, including search terms, navigation path and traffic information, is associated with random identifiers that reset continuously, to ensure a safe experience.
Through a process known as 'fuzzing', Maps obscures the user's location on Apple's servers during the search and, in any case, converts it to a 'less exact' one after 24 hours, avoiding the preservation of accurate and historical data.
In addition to the new graphics, the indications with natural language of Siri and the display of the lane to be taken are remarkable, to avoid wrong turns and direction errors.
The cruise control feature warns you when you are near speed cameras and red lights along a route, showing where they are.
And with the launch of iOS 15, in the autumn, the platform will be further enriched, with more information on stations and stops, real-time transit times for public transport (for now only in Milan) and alerts on critical atmospheric events.