Apple says CarPlay will now support third party navigation and mapping apps

TechCrunch:

Big news for CarPlay, Apple’s in-car service that lets a vehicle’s display act as a controller and ‘reader’ of your iPhone. At WWDC, Apple today announced that it will now let third-party navigation and mapping apps to work with the service starting with iOS 12. Up to now, Apple only allowed its own mapping app, Maps, to work over CarPlay, but now you can use Waze, Google Maps, Here, or whatever other app you might want to use to get from A to B.

I don’t have CarPlay on my motorcycle but if I did, I’d find this to be good news. I much prefer other apps, including Waze, over Apple’s app for navigation.