Places SDK for iOS release notes

The Places SDK for iOS version 11.2.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

Place name configuration. The Advanced Place Details, Place Details, Advanced Place Details Compact, and Place Details Compact components of the Places UI Kit now support omitting the Place name so that only a single field is displayed.

Place Markers. The Place Markers component of the Places UI Kit lets you create customizable map annotations that display key Place information directly on the map. This provides your users with a more informative map exploration experience without requiring them to tap into a detailed place card. For more information, see the Place Markers documentation.

Content slots. You can now use the Advanced Place Details Compact component of the Places UI Kit to add custom content slots to your map view. Content slots allow you to add your own content, such as AI-generated summaries, itinerary timestamps, or custom badges, directly into predefined layout zones. For more details, see the Advanced Place Details documentation.

Client-side caching. The Places UI Kit now supports client-side caching. This decreases loading latency in applications and eliminates duplicate billing for previously fetched data.

Place thumbnail views in PlaceDetailsCompactView now appear for views that are less than 350 pixels wide.

The Places SDK for iOS version 11.1.0 is now available. Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to version 11.0.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

The Places SDK for iOS version 11.0.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

Several classes, methods, and typedefs are no longer available. See the migration guide for more information.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.15.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

GA launch of Advanced Places UI Kit components

The Advanced versions of the Place Details and Place Search components offer the same features as the Essentials versions. They also let you configure the action buttons of the component and apply search and filtering options to the reviews and media that are displayed.

The new Advanced Place List component lets you define and display a list of places. You can list up to 20 places from the same set of identities supported by the Place Details component (Place IDs, Place Resource Names, or lat/long coordinates).

• See the Overview page for full details.
• See the Advanced Place Details documentation.
• See the Advanced Place Search documentation.
• See the Advanced Place List documentation.

Popular times for businesses. The full view of the Place Details component of the Places UI Kit now offers data on popular times for businesses. Enable the popularTimes enum in PlaceDetailsContent.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.14.0 is now available. Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to version 10.13.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.13.0 is now available. Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to version 10.12.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.12.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

New fields added to provide more comprehensive place details.

You can now include the following in your FetchPlaceRequest to retrieve additional information:

• PlaceProperty.addressDescriptor: Returns a relational description of the location, including landmarks and areas.
• PlaceProperty.containingPlace: Returns other notable places that contain the requested place.
• PlaceProperty.postalAddress: Returns the place's address in a structured PostalAddress format.
• PlaceProperty.priceRange: Returns the price range of the place.
• PlaceProperty.timeZone: Returns the time zone of the place.

Enhanced Photo metadata.

The Photo object now also provides links:

• flagContentURL: Flags the photo content.
• googleMapsURL: Allows the photo to be viewed directly on Google Maps.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.10.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

Search Along Route features are now available, which allow you to search for places along predefined routes and calculate routing summaries to places in the search results.

For more information, see the Search Along Route overview.

More Place data fields are now available, including: outdoorSeating, liveMusic, menuForChildren, servesCocktails, servesDessert, servesCoffee, goodForChildren, allowsDogs, restroom, goodForGroups, goodForWatchingSports, accessibilityOptions, fuelOptions, and paymentOptions.

See the Place data fields documentation for more information.

Google Maps links now appear in Place results, a Directions URL in route summary, and a Search URL in text search response.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.8.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

All Google Maps SDKs for iOS now require you to build with Xcode version 26

Places UI Kit customization tool. Create custom, cross-platform, Place Details configurations using our tool. You can use toggles to create your configuration, or upload an image to have Gemini get you started. Access the tool.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.6.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

Pagination is now supported in Place Search results. See the documentation.

Autocomplete session token exposure. You can now expose your Places Autocomplete session token in order to pass it to other services that are not a part of the Places SDK for iOS, such as to Address Validation. See the documentation.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.4.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

EV charge and parking options added to place attributes.

• GMSPlaceEVChargeOptions class.
• GMSPlaceParkingOptions class.

AI summaries added to place attributes.

• GMSPlaceAISummary protocol.
• GMSPlaceEVChargeAmenitySummary class.
• GMSPlaceGenerativeSummary class.
• GMSPlaceNeighborhoodSummary class.
• GMSPlaceReviewSummary class.

Review visit date and Place consumer alert added to place attributes.

• Visit month and year added to GMSPlaceReview class.
• GMSPlaceConsumerAlert class.
• GMSPlaceConsumerAlertDetails class.

CocoaPods is in maintenance mode as of 8/18/2025 and we won't release more versions of CocoaPods after Q2 2026. Use Swift Package Manager instead. See the installation page for information about using Swift Package Manager.

Full Place Details available in Places UI Kit Place Details component. The Places UI Kit Place Details component now lets you display full information about a place. See the full documentation.

Places UI Kit Basic Place Autocomplete component. The Places UI Kit Basic Place Autocomplete component lets you customize the look, feel, and content of a full-screen search bar that provides autocomplete results as a user types. See the full documentation.

Places UI Kit Place Search component. The Places UI Kit Place Search component lets you customize the look, feel, and content of the place card generated by a search by text or search nearby request. See the full documentation.

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.1.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

Pure Service Area Business attribute. The Pure Service Area Business attribute indicates whether a place is a pure service area business, and includes these businesses in search by text and autocomplete results.

A pure service area business is a business that visits or delivers to customers directly, but does not serve customers at their business address. For example, businesses like cleaning services or plumbers. Those businesses may not have a physical address or location on Google Maps.

See the full documentation:

• Search by text
• Autocomplete

The Places SDK for iOS version 10.0.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed. If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process. If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

According to the Mobile OS version support policy, we are freezing support for iOS 15 as of Places SDK for iOS v10.0.0. The new minimum supported OS is iOS 16. Earlier SDK versions will continue supporting iOS 15.

If your dependencies do not specify a version number, your IDE will load the newest SDK version and new builds of your app will not support iOS 15.

Specify a version of the Places SDK for iOS in your application's build dependencies in order to control when you raise the minimum supported OS for new versions of your app.

The Place Autocomplete widget is now available for Autocomplete (New).

The Places Swift SDK for iOS has moved from Preview to GA status. See the documentation for more information and migration instructions. See the Google Maps Platform launch stage descriptions.

The Place Details UI Kit is now in General Availability.

The new minimum version of Xcode is 16.0.

The Places SDK for iOS version 9.4.1 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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Place Details UI Kit. The Place Details UI Kit allows you to add an individual UI component that displays place details to your app. See the full documentation.

The Places SDK for iOS version 9.4.0 is now available. This version is functionally identical to v9.3.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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The Places SDK for iOS version 9.3.0 is now available. This version is functionally identical to v9.2.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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Swift Preview no longer breaks when the Places SDK for iOS is added using Swift Package Manager.

App check token support. You can now use Firebase App Check to protect against malicious requests. See the documentation for more information and integration instructions.

The Places SDK for iOS version 9.2.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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New place types. Places API (New) supports 104 new types, which can be used to filter results in Autocomplete (New), Nearby Search (New), and Text Search (New) requests and are returned in the API response.

For a complete list of supported types, see Place Types (New).

Updated API reference. The look and organization of the Places SDK for iOS API reference has changed, and we've added documentation in Swift.

Visit the new API references:

• Swift
• Objective-C

Access Google Places and Google Places Swift from the same Github repository. The Google Places and Google Places Swift Packages are now available through the same GitHub repository, https://github.com/googlemaps/ios-places-sdk. Use this GitHub repository to access either or both SDKs. The repository that was dedicated to GooglePlacesSwift will soon be deprecated. See the documentation for details and migration instructions.

Note: You can get version 0.3.0 of the Places Swift SDK for iOS by adding the 9.2.0 version of the Places SDK for iOS repository.

The Places SDK for iOS version 9.1.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

This release introduces a new GMSPlacesClient.isOpenWithRequest:callback: API. The API gets all necessary details to determine a Place's open status and returns that status. See the documentation.

(Preview) Places Swift SDK for iOS version 0.2.0 is now available. This release introduces a preview of the PlacesClient isPlaceOpen(with request:) API for the Places Swift SDK for iOS (GooglePlacesSwift). The API gets all necessary details to determine a Place's open status and returns that status.

Note: You can get version 0.2.0 of the Places Swift SDK for iOS by adding the 9.1.0 version of the Places SDK for iOS repository.

Release 9.0.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 9.0.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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This release includes the Preview release of GooglePlacesSwift version 0.1.0. GooglePlacesSwift lets you use a fully native Swift interface to call Place APIs, including:

• Place Autocomplete (New)
• Place Details (New)
• Place Photos (New)
• Text Search (New)
• Nearby Search (New)

You can get version 0.1.0 of the Places Swift SDK for iOS by adding the 9.0.0 version of the Places SDK for iOS repository.

For more information, see the documentation and the GooglePlacesSwift API Reference.

GooglePlacesSwift requires:

• You to enable Places API (New) on your API Key. For more information, see Set up your Google Cloud project.

• Xcode 15.3

According to the Mobile OS version support policy, we are freezing support for iOS 15 in an upcoming major version of Maps, Places, and Navigation SDKs for iOS.

Versions of Maps, Places, and Navigation SDKs for iOS released beginning the second quarter of 2025 will support a minimum of iOS 16. Earlier SDK versions will continue supporting iOS 15.

If your dependencies do not specify a version number, your IDE will load the newest SDK version and new builds of your app will not support iOS 15.

Specify a version of the Maps, Places, and Navigation SDKs for iOS in your application's build dependencies in order to control when you raise the minimum supported OS for new versions of your app.

According to the Mobile OS version support policy, we are freezing support for iOS 14 as of Places SDK for iOS v9.0.0. The new minimum supported OS is iOS 15. Earlier SDK versions will continue supporting iOS 14.

If your dependencies do not specify a version number, your IDE will load the newest SDK version and new builds of your app will not support iOS 14.

Specify a version of the Places SDK for iOS in your application's build dependencies in order to control when you raise the minimum supported OS for new versions of your app.

The new features added to Places SDK for iOS use a new pricing model. For pricing information for all new features, see Places SDK for iOS (New).

The Apple Privacy Manifest file is now included in the resources bundle for the SDK. For more information, see Inspect the privacy manifest file.

The new version of the Place Details API, is now available. Place Details provides your app with rich information about places, including the place's name and address, the geographical location specified as latitude/longitude coordinates, the type of place (such as night club, pet store, and museum), and more.

Nearby Search API is now available. A Nearby Search (New) request takes as input the region to search specified as a circle, defined by the latitude and longitude coordinates of the center point of the circle and the radius in meters.

The new version of the Place Photos API, is now available. Use Place Photos to request place photos to display in your application. Photos returned by the photos service come from a variety of sources, including business owners and user-contributed photos.

The new version of the Autocomplete API, is now available. Autocomplete returns place predictions in response to user search queries.

Release 8.5.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 8.5.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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The new version of the Text Search API, is now available. Text Search returns information about a set of places based on a string — for example "pizza in New York" or "shoe stores near Ottawa" or "123 Main Street". You must use Places SDK for Android (New) to be able to use Text Search.

The new minimum supported version of Xcode is 15.0.

Release 8.4.0

Issues with the Places SDK build has caused us to abandon the scheduled 8.4.0 release. The latest version remains v.8.3.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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Release 8.3.0

Infrastructure update. The Places SDK for iOS now supports Swift Package Manager.

Using Xcode's Swift Package Manager integration, you can add or update the Places SDK dependency directly from Xcode. Select the version of the Places SDK for iOS that you want to use. For new projects, Google recommends you specify the latest version and use the option

To learn how to add the Places SDK for iOS to a project through Swift Package Manager, see the Set up an Xcode project guide.

Release 8.3.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 8.3.0 is now available.Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to v.8.2.1. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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Release 8.2.1

The Places SDK for iOS version 8.2.1 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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Fixes a bug when using GMSPlaceSpecialDay. The app may fail to build.

Release 8.2.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 8.2.0 is now available.Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to v.8.1.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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New currentOpeningHours and secondaryOpeningHours fields that take holiday and temporary changes in schedule for a place. Also introduces a new isOpen API to fetch these fields and return the open status based on a specific time.

Release 8.1.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 8.1.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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New editorialSummary Place field that provides a simple description of a place.

According to the Mobile OS version support policy, we are freezing support for iOS 13 as of Places SDK for iOS v8.0.0. The new minimum supported OS is iOS 14. Earlier SDK versions will continue supporting iOS 13.

If your dependencies do not specify a version number, your IDE will load the newest SDK version and new builds of your app will not support iOS 13.

Specify a version of the Places SDK for iOS in your application's build dependencies in order to control when you raise the minimum supported OS for new versions of your app.

In order to provide expanded functionality for filtering place results by multiple types and countries, the property type of GMSAddressComponent and the properties type and country of GMSAutocompleteFilter are deprecated as of v8.0.0 , and will be unsupported in the major version that will be released in the second quarter of 2024.

Instead, use the following replacement properties:

• types property in the GMSAddressComponent class. The minimum version of the Places SDK for iOS with types property in the GMSAddressComponent class is v3.1.0.

• types property in the GMSAutocompleteFilter class. The minimum version of the Places SDK for iOS with types property in the GMSAutocompleteFilter class is v7.1.0.

• countries property in the GMSAutocompleteFilter class. The minimum version of the Places SDK for iOS with countries property in the GMSAutocompleteFilter class is v3.8.0.

Release 8.0.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 8.0.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

If you are a new user, see Set Up in the Google Cloud Console to start the installation process.

If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

Freezing support for iOS 14

According to the Mobile OS version support policy, we are freezing support for iOS 14 in an upcoming major version of Places SDK for iOS.

Versions of Maps SDK for iOS released beginning the second quarter of 2024 will support a minimum of iOS 15. Earlier SDK versions will continue supporting iOS 14.

If your dependencies do not specify a version number, your IDE will load the newest SDK version and new builds of your app will not support iOS 14.

Specify a version of the Places SDK for iOS in your application's build dependencies in order to control when you raise the minimum supported OS for new versions of your app.

Release 7.4.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 7.4.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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Feature Place Details now supports eight new Atmosphere Data Fields and one new Basic Data Field.

• GMSPlaceFieldReservable
• GMSPlaceFieldServesBreakfast
• GMSPlaceFieldServesLunch
• GMSPlaceFieldServesDinner
• GMSPlaceFieldServesBeer
• GMSPlaceFieldServesWine
• GMSPlaceFieldServesBrunch
• GMSPlaceFieldServesVegetarianFood
• GMSPlaceFieldWheelchairAccessibleEntrance

Release 7.3.0

The Maps SDK for iOS version 7.3.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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Place Details now supports four new Atmosphere Data Fields:

• GMSPlaceFieldTakeout
• GMSPlaceFieldDelivery
• GMSPlaceFieldDineIn
• GMSPlaceFieldCurbsidePickup

Added new GMSBooleanPlaceAttribute enumeration that defines the values of the place attribute fields.

Places SDK framework installation with CocoaPods now includes built-in support for XCFramework. This framework allows developers to build code for Xcode Simulator on M1 Macs.

Release 7.2.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 7.2.0 is now available. Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to v.7.1.0. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases or subscribe to the Release Notes XML feed.

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If you are an existing customer, see the upgrade instructions at Versions.

Release 7.1.0

The Places SDK for iOS version 7.1.0 is now available. See the Release Notes for information about this release and for all previous releases.

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Added the new types property to the GMSAutocompleteFilter class. Specify up to five values to the types property to restrict results from a Place Autocomplete request.

For more information, see Filter results by place type or type collection.

Freezing support for iOS 13 - August 15, 2022

According to the Mobile OS version support policy, we are freezing support for iOS 13 in an upcoming major version of Maps and Places SDKs for iOS.

Versions of Maps and Places SDKs for iOS that release beginning the second quarter of 2023 will support a minimum of iOS 14. Earlier SDK versions will continue supporting iOS 13.

If your dependencies do not specify a version number, your IDE will load the newest SDK version and new builds of your app will not support iOS 13.

Be sure to specify a version in your application's build dependencies in order to control when you raise the minimum supported OS for new versions of your app.

With this release of the Places SDK for iOS, we have moved the XML feed to a new location. Subscribe to the new location of the XML feed at:

https://developers.google.com/feeds/places-sdk-ios-release-notes.xml