Google Maps 4.2 for Android comes with New Features

Today, Google Mobile Blog has announced that they added more features in Google Maps for Android to help you to get the place you want quickly, With Google Maps 4.2 for Android you can now get biking directions on the go, start Navigation from your Home screen, share places with friends, and more.

What's New?
Biking directions
This feature gets for you biking directions, lanes, and trails on your phone too. Select the bike icon when getting directions to get an optimal bicycling route in the U.S. If you’re in the mood for a more scenic ride, you’ll be able see 3 Layers, the Bicycling layer which shows bike-only trails With dark green color, Roads with bike lanes With light green color, or roads that are good for biking but lack a dedicated lane with dashed green color. You can always turn on this layer from the Layers menu to pick your own route. Add in the Labs’ Terrain layer, and you can decide to either climb or avoid that big hill on the way home!

Google Navigation shortcut
If you driving and not riding, Google Maps 4.2 made it it easier and faster for you to get on the road with Google Maps Navigation as soon as you’re ready. Select the “Navigation” icon in your phone’s app launcher to get the new destination selection view. Then, speak or type your destination, pick one from your contacts, choose a starred place, or select a recent destination. Navigation will begin and you’re good to go. Make it even easier on yourself by adding the Navigation icon right on your Home screen.

Sharing
Now you can share what you want with friends, maybe get them to meet you there. From any search results page, choose to “Share this place” to send that place’s info, such as its address and phone number, to whomever you like. If you want to meet someone anywhere you can also send an exact location from the map and more you can send a snapshot of your current location, See how easy and nice is it? Just use the share option after selecting a point on the map, your “My Location” blue dot, or yourself in Latitude if it’s enabled.

How to get it?
Now you can get for Andriod 1.6 + Phones, From you phone go ahead here,Then Update Maps to version 4.2, available in all the countries and languages where Maps is currently available. For any Help feel free to write it here by commenting right here.

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