Apple is working on a new Maps feature that estimates walking time between your parking spot and final destination, aiming to include that in overall travel time. Dubbed TimeToPark, the feature is currently in internal testing and expected for iOS 27.3. For now, it’s not available to public users or developers—only Apple employees have access.
How TimeToPark Calculates Your Post-Park Walk
The system collects background location and motion activity from your iPhone to track how you walk from your usual parking areas to spots you often visit—and back again. It aggregates this on-foot travel data by factors like weekday and hour. Later, those stats help tailor estimated walking times. For example, it could adjust based on whether you tend to make extra stops on your way home in the evening.
Integration into Apple Maps ETAs
Once fully implemented, Apple Maps will use these walking time estimates after parking in its route planning. Rather than only driving or using public transit, Maps would also calculate how long it takes to walk from where you park to your final destination—and incorporate that into overall arrival time. However, at present the TimeToPark feature is limited to Apple’s internal devices and remains unavailable to external testers.
Apple’s move fits in a growing trend where navigation apps aim to reduce gaps in multi-modal travel time—such as driving into a city, parking, then walking the rest of the way.
What this means: When you search directions in Maps, you’ll get more accurate ETAs that include the walk from your parking spot. No more underestimating how long it takes to reach your final stop once you park, which could reduce late arrivals and planning errors.
Until TimeToPark rolls out broadly, there’s no release date from Apple. The update to iOS 27.3 suggests it’s on the roadmap, and once live it could perform especially well in dense urban settings or unfamiliar parking situations.
Why it matters: As cities grow and parking gets tighter, the gap between where you park and where you’re headed often adds unexpected time to a journey. Including walking in Maps ETAs bridges that gap, supporting better scheduling and less friction in everyday travel. Keep an eye on iOS 27.3 beta changelogs for signs it’s going live.
