Google Maps for iOS gets option to add detours to your route

Google Maps v4.16.0 for iOS

Months after Google Maps for Android got the feature, the iOS app has finally received the option add detours to your route, without having to exit out of navigation. This feature is available in over 100 countries worldwide where Google Maps navigation is available. The latest update also brings several bug fixes. Continue reading “Google Maps for iOS gets option to add detours to your route”

Google Maps now lets you avoid turn by turn navigation during voice calls

Google is bringing a new update to Maps that adds a couple of features and improvements. The update that bumps the app to version 9.20, lets you switch off the turn by turn by navigation during a voice call and adds link to your photos and reviews.

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Google Maps finally gets offline navigation and search for Android

Google has finally rolled out offline navigation feature for Google Maps. Users can now download maps to their phone, and get turn-by-turn directions and other info even when they don’t have a signal.

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Google Maps for Android lets you search for gas prices and add detours to your route

Google has updated Maps for Android with a couple of new features. The latest update lets you search for gas prices and add detours to your route, without having to exit out of navigation.

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Google Maps for iOS updated with ETAs for different modes of tranport

Just yesterday, Google Maps for iOS added support for Apple Watch. Today, the company has updated the Maps app with a couple of important features.

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Google Maps for Android updated with enhanced navigation UI and new popular times chart

Google Maps for Android has received an update that brings improvement to the navigation UI. The latest update that bumps the Maps to version 9.14 brings a revamped UI just a week after it added businesses and Street view thumbnails.

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Google Maps expands real time traffic feature to 12 new Indian cities

Google Maps has added 12 new Indian cities which will give traffic information to drivers and commuters. Kolkata, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Indore, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Nagpur, Kochi, Madurai, Bhopal are the new cities that are live on Google Maps.

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Google Maps update lets you send directions from desktop to your iPhone

Google Maps for iOS have received an update that allows users to send any place you search for with Google Maps on your desktop browser right to an iPhone or iPad.

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Google Maps v9.10 for Android adds photo gallery viewer, car rental bookings and more

Google is bringing new version of Google Maps app for Android that adds gallery view for photos, car rental bookings and more to the interface.

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Google Maps now show real time public transit updates

Google is bringing a new update to Maps that will further enhance its public transit information. Maps is getting real time data update for U.K., Netherlands, Budapest, Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle.

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Google brings Maps API for Android Wear

Google announced an array of new tools and updates at the I/O developer conference including Maps API for Android Wear. The feature that comes as a Google Play Services 7.3 update will allow developers to use the Google Maps API directly on Android Wear devices.

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Google Maps to get offline turn by turn navigation and search

Google has announced some important features for Maps at the ongoing I/O conference. The company is bringing offline turn by turn search and navigation to Google Maps.

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Google Maps makes access to reservations, flights and bookings easy with search shortcut

Google has updated Maps with an important feature that puts all your reservations and travel plans at forefront. The company has added search shortcut to Maps for the same.

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Google Maps for mobile gets voice lane guidance feature in 20 Indian cities

Google Maps has been updated with voice based lane guidance feature for 20 cities in India. The feature will allow users to see and hear voice guided instructions on which lane they should stay.

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