iOS 27.3 Code Points to a Parking ETA in Apple Maps

Apple may be working on an Apple Maps parking ETA, according to a code find in iOS 27.3. The flag only works on internal Apple installs and no Maps feature uses its data yet, so nothing changes on your iPhone for now. pdfu posted the finding on X. A parking-aware ETA would add the time you spend finding a spot and walking to your destination on top of the drive time.

TimeToPark Logs Parking and Walking Time

The flag is called TimeToPark. With it on, CoreRoutine uses background location and motion data to measure how long you spent near your destination before you parked, and how long you walked after that. CoreRoutine saves both numbers for every trip and groups them by day of the week and by hour. That grouping would make it possible to estimate that finding a spot near a place takes longer on a Friday evening than on a Tuesday morning.

No Apple Maps Parking ETA Yet

The flag can only be turned on in internal installs, so a regular iPhone cannot switch it on, including one running the iOS 27.3 public beta. Flags like this can also change or disappear before a release. Apple Maps already keeps a timeline of the places you go. Visited Places in Apple Maps stores that history on your iPhone, syncs it with end-to-end encryption and lets you clear it. Apple has not said where the TimeToPark numbers would be stored or whether you could turn them off. Other finds in the iOS 27.3 beta include a Siri AI memory graph and Safari vertical tabs. iOS 27.3 is due for release in December.