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