Google launched its Google Map Navigation Beta for Android 2.0 a few weeks ago. The latest Android had the compatibility with Google Map Navigation but those Android lovers who had been using the platform since earlier would have felt left out kind of without Google Map Navigation in their older Androids but Google didn’t let them be upset for long, to gift them happiness on the Thanksgiving occasion Google has presented them with Google Map Navigation for Android 1.6 aka Donut and higher. Yes now most of the Android powered Smartphones will guide users to their destinations in US.

With the launch of Google Map Navigation it claimed to be a tough competitor to pre existing leaders of PNDs like Garnim and TomTom and now it has expanded its availability from Android 2.0 to Android 1.6.

Google Map Navigation Beta the internet -connected GPS system brings voice guidance and automatic rerouting, smartphone. Advantaging Google search (verbal or typed) to enter destinations, latest maps, business and traffic data; satellite and Street View imagery along route over the phone’s data connection the Google Map Navigation service brings important benefits to GPS navigation users to become a well equipped road warriors.

Another feature added to this launch is the new Layers feature. This feature allows users to overlay geographical information on the map. View My Maps, transit lines, Wikipedia articles about places, and more.

this release lets you create a shortcut that allow users to launch navigation and start getting guidance to specified place of that shortcut form your present location with a single touch.

So what are you waiting for all you have to do to access Google Map Navigation on Android 1.6 is just download an updated version of Google Maps from Android Market to use Navigation.

It is currently available in the United States.

A little sad part of the news is that Google Map Navigation Beta for Android 1.6 is less featured. Like the ability to use the “navigate to” voice command id missing.

One of the stared features of the new Google Map Navigation for Android 2.0 is that it was built from the ground up to take advantage of phone’s Internet connection, which helps in a much-diversified ways.

Motorola Droid first in series smartphone operating on Android 2.0 OS, has speech recognition ability that enhances the navigational feature of the new release software.

Search along route by voice is designed keeping in mind the difficulty people face in using any PND while driving. With GMN speak out your destination place (keeping voice search active) and pop-ups appears on screen with turn-by-turn navigation combined with vocal dictation of the street names. Google map includes several landmarks and guides you for a specific business by name or you can also turn on popular layers, such as gas stations, restaurants or parking along your route.

Wanna see Traffic/street/satellite view:
This new feature brings to you live traffic data over the internet which includes traffic indication, jam information and also it provides you with an alternate route whenever required.
With a double tab on map you can zoom into street view to know what your next turn looks like.
Satellite View when turned on brings on screen a high-resolution, 3D view of upcoming route

The Internet connected GPS navigation automatically brings to your smartphones most up-to-date maps and business listings from Google Maps without any map upgrading or device updating.

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