Make a link that opens Apple Maps on iPhone, iPad and Mac - and doesn't leave Android users stuck in a browser tab.
Works with addresses, coordinates and Google Maps or Apple Maps links
48.8584, 2.2945, or paste a Google Maps, Waze or other map link.The Apple Maps link is a standard maps.apple.com link with the coordinates in it, so it drops a pin on the exact spot. On iPhone, iPad and Mac it opens the Maps app; for routes it carries the start, the destination and the travel mode.
There is no Apple Maps app for Android. When an Android user taps a maps.apple.com link, the browser loads Apple Maps on the web: they can see the place, but it does not open Google Maps or Waze, so they cannot start navigating in the app they actually use. If you are sharing with a group that mixes iPhones and Android phones, a plain Apple Maps link leaves half of them copying the address by hand.
Share the mapfwd link for the same location instead:
mapfwd.com/a/u09tunquc9 opens Apple Maps on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and the phone's default map app on Android - Google Maps on most phones. Windows gets Bing Maps and everything else gets Google Maps in the browser.mapfwd.com/u09tunquc9 shows a list of map apps - Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze and 20+ others - so each person picks their own.iPhone users still land in Apple Maps, and nobody else is stuck in a browser tab.
Already copied a place from Apple Maps? Paste the link into the box above, or type mapfwd.com/ in front of it in the address bar. Both full maps.apple.com links and the short maps.apple links from the Share button work. Receiving Apple Maps links on Android yourself? See how to open an Apple Maps link on Android.
Open the place in Apple Maps, tap Share on its card and choose Copy. You can paste that link straight into mapfwd.com to get a version that also works on Android.
They open Apple Maps on the web in the browser rather than in an app, so Android users cannot navigate with Google Maps or Waze from them. A mapfwd.com/a/ link opens their default map app instead.
Yes. Enter the latitude and longitude (decimal, degrees-minutes-seconds or a geo: URI) and the Apple Maps link pins that exact point.
Yes. Turn on Directions, enter a start and a destination and pick driving, walking or transit. The Apple Maps link then opens the route with that travel mode.
It is free with no sign-up, and the links do not expire: the location is stored in the link itself, not in a database.
Free, no sign-up. The location lives in the link itself, so it never expires.