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Microsoft's decision to discontinue the Windows Maps application marks a significant shift in its approach to mapping services within the Windows ecosystem. This move reflects broader trends in the tech industry, where companies are reevaluating the role of native applications in favor of...

Pour yourself a tall mug of nostalgia and get ready to bid adieu to a piece of Windows history—Microsoft is sweeping away the cobwebs in its next round of updates, and the victim is none other than the Windows Maps app. That's right, after quietly dutiful service since its debut back in November...

With Microsoft officially announcing the impending demise of Windows Maps, users across the globe may find themselves pausing—perhaps only to chuckle quietly at their desktop before shrugging and Googling “alternatives to Windows Maps.” We’ve come a long way since the heyday of the Metro...

If you were hoping to enjoy another summer with the Windows Maps app gently guiding you through the labyrinthine streets of your vacation destination, you might want to sit down for this: Microsoft has officially confirmed that Windows Maps is, at long last, being shuffled unceremoniously out...

It’s finally time to put away the confetti, cancel your weekly Windows Maps app party, and come to terms with the quiet demise of a true Windows Phone relic: the Maps app in Windows 11 will soon be as useful as a paper clip in a thunderstorm. Mark your calendars for July 2025, when Microsoft...

Another one bites the dust at Redmond, with Microsoft announcing its soon-to-be fond farewell to the Windows Maps app: a cartographic casualty that, depending on whom you ask, conjures either a moment of nostalgia or a blank stare of "Wait, we had a Maps app?" For seasoned Windows watchers and...

It happened quietly, almost like a beloved neighborhood coffee shop closing its doors without a fuss: Microsoft has officially signed the death warrant for the Windows Maps app, finally admitting what some of us have long suspected—nobody was really using it, and even Microsoft themselves had...