Report: Apple tested ads in Apple Maps, as it weighs broader ads push
https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/15/report-apple-tested-ads-in-apple-maps-as-it-weighs-broader-ads-push/
A new report from Bloomberg indicates Apple may be expanding its advertising business beyond the App Store and other first-party apps like News and Stocks. This plan could see Apple introducing ads into other pre-installed, first-party apps like Apple Maps, where ads have already been tested, the report claimed. And later, Apple may roll out ads to other Apple apps, like Books and Podcasts.
The additions could help increase the annual revenue for Appleās ads business, currently $4 billion, to reach the double digits, the report noted, making Apple a more sizable player in the digital ads industry.