Wrap-up: Hyderabad on Apple map

Hyderabad will soon be playing a key role in guiding the high profile users of iPhone and iPad like French President Francois Hollande, Queen Elizabeth II, Chinese First Lady Peng Li Yuan, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and also Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as Apple’s new centre in the city will develop maps for the most desired and aspired phone in the world.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who along with Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao inaugurated his company’s campus in the city, said the new “office in Hyderabad will focus on maps development” as it upgrades and adds new features to Maps such as 3D views, the Flyover and Transit.

The new centre, which will employ up to 4,000 people, will accelerate Maps development for Apple products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. The maps project is extremely crucial for Apple.