Google has announced the availability of Google Maps Navigation app for Android 1.6 (Donut) mobile phones. By the end of last month Google has launched Google Maps Navigation app for Android 2.0 mobile phones and which could only be used on Motorola Droid mobile phone. Google rolled out this GPS navigation application completely free which is now available for all Android phones.


Google Maps Navigation for Android 1.6 lack only one feature which is available for Android 2.0 devices and that is voice commands guidance.

The upgrade features of Google Maps app are:

View My Maps
Transit lines
Traffic data
Street View
Layers feature
Wikipedia access
Business information
Auto route recalculation