Android’s Google Maps is Going Offline

June 6, 2012 in News

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Google Maps is one of the most useful apps on the Android platform. 聽To be able to just whip your smartphone out anywhere, and see what’s around you, find a location, or get directions is nothing short of amazing…that is as long as you have a data connection. 聽If you don’t have a data connection then, let’s say the experience is…not so amazing…as in non-existent. 聽To eliminate that problem, Google has announced Google Maps will now have an offline option exclusively for Android. 聽A user will be able to select an area of the map, and make it available offline. 聽The map will then be downloaded directly to the device. 聽Once the map is on the device, everything else will work as normal. 聽In other words, once you download the map, you will have both gps and compass functionality. 聽Unfortunately, Google did not give a date for when the offline update will be provided, but they did state it will be “coming soon”.

 

Source: 聽Business Insider聽

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