Apple Maps has seemingly taken a half step in addressing the United States Gulf of Mexico renaming, but it isn't clear if this is the permanent solution or a placeholder.

The change will only be visible to U.S. users. Those in Mexico will still see “Gulf of Mexico,” while those in the rest of the world will see both names on the map.

Google Maps said that it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its maps app, saying that the change will take place when it has been updated in official government sources. Google also will change the name of Denali,

Google Maps will comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. This change will only apply users in the United States.

Hours after Google announced that it will rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in the United States, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that her administration will send out a letter to the tech giant to question its decision to change the name for users of Google Maps in the U.S.

One of those was changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico. "I am directing that it officially be renamed the Gulf of America." Trump said in the order, which also renamed Mount Denali in Alaska to ...

Both these moves remain controversial, with no other countries in the world appearing to be planning on referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America anytime soon. For her part, Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum joked that Mexico would retaliate and begin calling North America "América Mexicana" or "Mexican America".

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution of narcotics.

President Donald Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. But, of course, the name America, like Mexico, is of Hispanic origin, Noel Holston writes. Above, a view of the shore along the Gulf of Mexico looking north on Treasure Island Beach in 2023 in Pinellas County,

Google said the change aligned with its policy of following official US government geographic designations. Read more at straitstimes.com.