Hello community,
I recently received an email stating the following:
Hello Google Maps Customer,
We are writing to remind you about an upcoming update to our Mobile OS version support policy.
Starting May 2025, a significant update to our Maps, Places, and Navigation SDKs for iOS will no longer support devices running iOS 15.
We’ve provided additional information below to guide you through this change.
What do you need to know
Starting May 2025, all newly released versions of Maps, Places, and Navigation for iOS will only support iOS 16 or later. The earlier SDK versions will continue supporting iOS 15.
If your dependencies do not specify a version number, your Integrated Development Environment (IDE) will load the newest SDK version and new builds of your app will not support iOS 15.
What do you need to do
You are required to specify a version of the Maps, Places, and Navigation SDKs for iOS in your application’s build dependencies to control when you raise the minimum supported OS for newer versions of your app.
Our records show that the projects listed in the table below are used on devices running iOS 15. To ensure continued support, update your SDK dependencies in the next release before May 2025.
What I get from this email is that I should specify somehow a specific version for Google Maps products on iOS 15 and below users, and for thew users above iOS 15 I should let them get the current available Google Maps version.
What I am not sure are the following:
- Should I handle this on my project, or should every package owner handle this on their package?
- If I have to handle this on my project, how do I do this?
Has anyone faced this problem before? Please let me know what I can do.
I really appreciate any help you can provide.