An update to Google Maps for iPhone has claimed availability status and is now accessible by users. The version 1.1 tool has been optimized with a few new features that should come as a boon to Apple patrons.
The upgrade has brought with it an enriched search bar that displays a number of icons once tapped by users. These symbols depict coffee shops, restaurants and cafes, bars as well as pubs, gas stations and a number of other places. When consumers touch any one of these, a list of relevant spots that are located in the vicinity are immediately drawn up. Furthermore, the developer has included the choice of viewing distances in either kilometers or miles in the settings menu.
Those who depend wholly on the utility would have one more reason to be cheered up about, as the company has decided to integrate Contacts into the application. Once signed-in, all users would have to do is simply type out a person’s name and their saved addresses would pop up as a suggestion. The maker claims that the details on the map would be visible only to consumers.
Recapitulating what the software previously offered since its launch last year, one of the more prominent attributes that comes to mind would have to be the turn-by-turn and voice guided navigation that are provided while drivers keep their eyes on the road. They are also informed about the traffic conditions in nearby areas. With Street View, 360-degree panoramas of a numerous places, sites and tourist spots engulf the screen, allowing users to get a taste of what they are in for. In addition to this, consumers can also save a favorite hangout spots on their phone by tapping the star icon and this will automatically store it across all their synced devices.
The upgrade for the Google Maps iPhone app can be downloaded from the App Store and would occupy a space of 7.6MB on the handset. However, the maker states that all the enlisted features are offered only in select markets. The English version of the application is progressively being made available in several new regions like Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.