Tag: GOOGLEMAPSFORMOBILE

Google has just released version 5.0 of Google Maps for Android, and it might be the most significant update in the five-year history of Google's mobile maps app. For the first time the, Google Maps mobile app features 3D maps and an offline mode, making it both cooler-looking and more useful for Android users. Maps are now dynamically drawn as vectors, instead of stitched together from static ...

Voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation is now available for Google Maps for Android in Australia and New Zealand. This feature works if you have a smartphone running Android 1.6 or newer. Maps Navigation is integrated with Google Search and even Google Voice Search -- meaning that you don't even have to know your destination's name, you can just search for it either by typing or speaking. ...

Today the Official Google Blog is touting an upgrade to Google Maps for Mobile that adds a few nice features. The two biggest new features are for dealing with traffic: First, you can check on traffic conditions without leaving the map. Second, it will now include traffic information when figuring time for driving directions. The other new feature is less amazing but welcome nonetheless: Google ...