Apple Maps and Bing Maps are both joining Google by changing their Maps software and apps to now display Gulf of America on the body of water that's been known as the Gulf of Mexico since the 16th century.Google began to populate the change on Feb. 10, and Apple just a day later, on Feb. 11. Microsoft's Bing Maps had not made the change as of press time, but a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed it was on the way."We are committed to providing users with accurate and up-to-date information," the Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement. "In accordance with established product policies, we are updating Bing Maps to reflect the Geographic Names Information System's nomenclature in the United States, which includes changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in the US."The transition isn't smoothly integrated for any of the map sites yet. Typing "Gulf" in Google Maps still returns "Gulf of Mexico" as the top search result, but selecting it takes users to the body of water with Gulf of America as the label. In Apple Maps, typing "Gulf of Mexico" takes users to a map of the area, and changes the search phrase to Gulf of America. As of Tuesday afternoon, Bing Maps was still returning the Gulf of Mexico wording, but the company statement indicates it's coming soon.Before Apple began to make the change, somepeople on social mediasaid that Google adopting the changed name was enough to make themswitch to alternate map softwarefrom Apple and Microsoft.One person wrote on X, "It gives me no pleasure to announce that Apple Maps and Bing Maps are not superior to Google."A representative for Apple didn't respond to a request for comment.Google said in late January it would be making the change after an executive order from President Donald Trump called for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Google said in a series of social media posts that it was complying with Global Navigation Information Systems data and that it would take some time for the update to go through. On Feb. 10, Google published a blog post letting users know what they will see in its software.In the post, the company said, "The names you see in the Maps app are based on your country location, which is determined by information from your phone's operating system (e.g., iOS and Android), including your SIM, network and locale. If you're using Google Maps on the web, the names are based on the region you select in your Search settings or your device's location, if you haven't selected one."