Google has updated its Maps app for
Android -- perhaps the most vital, central app in the platform outside of the dialer itself -- and fortunately for
G1,
Dream, and
Magic users around the world, they've made the update available through the Android Market. That's a really big deal and a major departure from basically every other mobile platform, because it means that folks won't be waiting for carriers and manufacturers to get off their rumps and release firmware updates -- instead, integrated components of the operating system can be pushed out through the Market just like any other app you'd install. The new version's a doozy, too, featuring voice search, more comprehensive support for
Latitude, detailed business information, and pedestrian / mass transit navigation, arguably making the Android version of Maps the most robust on any phone. Seeing how Android is Google's own, seems fitting, doesn't it?
[Thanks,
Justin]
posted June 15th 2009 10:15PM
Installed the Update Earlier, Very Nice.
Nothing too major but its always Nice to add more Funtionality.
YES!!! FINALLY!
This was a really good update.
I am still so glad I got rid of my G1.
Strange that they would take such a long time to release this update on their own operating system, when they released this version with these features on WiMo months ago :/ Priorities, Google!
And it still doesn't have traffic on top of satellite map... why do they cut features that are available on other operating systems from what they have for their own?
so now that google has it's own smartphone ui (ie. android), does that mean the android version of google maps will be exclusive and/or quicker updates than say blackberry or iphone versions?
why don't they combine this with Places directory it would be a lot better that way.