Google has patently sleepy of watchful for handset manufacturers to pull out Android 2.0 to existent handsets prior to users can fool around with the Google Maps Navigation beta, as well as as such has expelled the turn-by-turn program for Android 1.6 devices. Available right away in the Android Market, Google Maps Navigation for Android 1.6 delivers the same topographical layers, voice superintendence as well as involuntary rerouting as we found so utilitarian on the Motorola DROID.
Unfortunately not all the functionality has done it across. One of the some-more viewable blank facilities is the “navigate to” voice authority shown in the demo video below; instead, Google indicate formulating shortcuts to specific locations – such as your home or workplace – that can be placed without delay onto the Android desktop.
As before, usually US Android users have entrance to the Navigation beta; those outward of the nation will have to wait for until Google see fit to magnify their testing. If you’re in the US as well as we have the device such as the T-Mobile myTouch 3G or the G1, we can download Google Maps Navigation now.
[via Xatakamovil]
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