Google: No Google Maps On Latest Apple Iphone Yet

Google Inc. GOOG +2.10% Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Tuesday that no move has been made to put the Internet search engine giant’s map application on Apple Inc.’s AAPL -1.33% latest smartphone operating system.

The absence of the company’s popular Google Maps application on the latest version of the iPhone has generated a wave of critism for Apple.

“We’ve not done anything yet on that. We’ve been in touch with them for a long time (about Google Maps), and we talk to them every day,” Mr. Schmidt said at an event in Tokyo to mark the launch of Nexus 7 tablet in Japan.

“In my opinion it would have been better to retain our maps,” he said, adding that he would leave it to Apple to explain its decision.

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