Google SMS adding driving directions?

By Joshua Fruhlinger

When we originally
reported about Google's new SMS service, we were pretty sure they would be rolling out new search features and functions over time.  Looks like this may be happening for driving directions sooner than later.  As MobileTracker reports, sending a "directions" message to Google SMS
(46645, or GOOGL), returns "Looking for driving directions? Unfortunately this feature is not yet supported."  Of course, this sort of thing would require a more complex search string, something like "Directions 10016 1300 Fann St 92804" in order to get from zip 10016 to 1300 Fann St. in the 92804 zip code, unless it already saves where you're starting from. That might a lot to ask for (esp. since Google SMS is already free), but we can hope, can't we?

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