Google has released a BETA version of its Google Maps Navigation for mobile phones using Android 2.0 capability. Now users with supported devices can get from Point A to Point B with turn-by-turn navigation including voice (from user to phone and from Google to user)!
You can read about Google Maps Navigation on the Google website here: http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default.
Screen shots of the new BETA application currently on Google’s site are below:
Currently Google says that only users in the US using Android 2.0 can use this BETA application, but more to follow.
Some features listed include the following: Search in plain English, Search by voice, Traffic view, Search along route, Satellite view, Street View, and Car dock mode. Each of these features have more details and videos on the Google page above.
Very cool! Users with mobile phones can already use Google Maps on their phones now. More on Google Maps here: http://www.google.com/mobile/products/maps.html.
