Google to stop using Apple tool to track iPhone users, avoiding new pop-up warning


FILE PHOTO A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12 2020. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) - Google's iPhone apps such as Maps and YouTube will stop using a tool from Apple Inc that allows them to personalize ads, avoiding a new Apple warning that informs users their browsing is being tracked.

The announcement in a Wednesday blog post by the Alphabet Inc unit comes shortly before Apple is expected to start enforcing new tracking transparency rules.

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