Apple Maps users have started to report a strange bug in which pins identifying random airport baggage carousel belts have started to show on zoomed out maps for no reason.
The issue started on Sunday when users took to the popular social media platform Reddit to complain about the apparent bug and ask how they could stop the pins from appearing.
Typically, these pins should only appear when users are zoomed in on a particular airport, helping as a navigation aid when someone is traversing an airport concourse.
Why anyone would want to know the location of baggage belt number 4 at some random airport while looking at a map of the entire United States is, however, a mystery that perhaps can only be answered by the tech geniuses at Apple.
Presumably, this is just a harmless bug that can be fixed relatively quickly without any other impact on Apple Maps.
Originally launched in 2012 as a Google Maps ‘killer’ for iPhone users, Apple Maps initially had a tough time winning support from its typically loyal users who silently boycotted the app in favor of their tried and tested favorite from Google after being bombarded with glitches and inaccuracies in the release.
In the last few years, however, Apple has been winning over maps users after it pumped money and resources into dramatically improving the user experience, as well as key map features.
The improvement has been so dramatic that in 2023, the Wall Street Journal declared that people “have begun to love Apple’s most hated product,” although it appears that glitches do still occur from time to time.
Thankfully, it looks like the glitch didn’t affect all Apple Maps users, and some questioned whether it was a live test gone wrong. Whatever the case, it shouldn’t be too much trouble for Apple to fix… unlike the original version of the app.
