Comments on: Google Maps Gets Labs And More In App Update

By: Gabriel Ben-Or

Gabriel Ben-Or — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:39:53 +0000

End of January and still no update for my Hero. Same old 3.1.2 version.
:-(

By: nemo

nemo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:04:10 +0000

@ Steve:

cyanogenmod is not 2.0… yet. There are certain parts of 2.0 in his latest release, but it is NOT 2.0. It is modified 1.6

By: Shay

Shay — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:37:58 +0000

I looked into my downloads off of market and there was an update available.

T-Mo myTouch 3G Update Version 3.3.1 2.70MB

Love it! Thanks Google

By: Rich too

Rich too — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:16:41 +0000

Hats off to Google for continuing to support the G1! The new maps app looks fantastic!

By: bj

bj — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:37:54 +0000

and they broke the hack that allowed nav outside of the US.

Would have vastly preferred to keep realtime nav over the slight enhancements, especially since the most useful (popular categories) is not available for the 3rd largest city in Canada.

Oh well, back to NDrive I go for nav.

Note: If you cannot install the update, delete your current version and then use adb to uninstall it (to remove the package keys) and reboot before installing 3.3.0.

By: david

david — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:31:29 +0000

Got my update on my Droid and the new features work great. Also, doesn’t seem to slow things down. I have always loved the terrain view on my computer – nice to have on the mobile version as well.

the arrow direction – great! helps a good deal!

As for pinch-zooming (in response to bazingah), while it is cool on the dolphin browser, I find that because it is a two-handed operation, I don’t prefer to use it, so I don’t miss it so much here.

Love the Layer button.

By: bazingah

bazingah — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:58:32 +0000

Where’s the lab for pinch-zooming on google maps? Can’t wait…

Either way, not complaining – quick turnaround times and updates are great.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:31:55 +0000

ive been trying to download the latest version of maps for the g1, but rooted on cyanogens 4.2.5. i download with no problem but cant install it. phone is firmware 2.0.

do i have to reflash the rom? any help would be appreciated!

By: MigFig

MigFig — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:32:36 +0000

I currently have Google Maps 3.2.1 patched to work outside the Continental US (Puerto Rico). If I were to upgrade through the Market, would I lose the patch?

By: kc

kc — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:44:04 +0000

@ari-free yes a new os would be nice but htc has not given us one yet for the hero or eris but some new google apps will make me happy till they give us the new os

By: ari-free

ari-free — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:16:06 +0000

I think what you really need is the newest OS version and not new apps for an older version.

By: mR.KEnNY

mR.KEnNY — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:09:01 +0000

I like your reply “kc”

why is google only making apps for 1.6 or newer what about use still on 1.5 come on google we want new apps too

love it :D

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:00:24 +0000

Hmm, I just looked up my downloads in Google Market (on my droid) and sure enough it said there was an update available for Google Maps 3.3.x Update went smoothly.

By: kc

kc — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:59:34 +0000

why is google only making apps for 1.6 or newer what about use still on 1.5 come on google we want new apps too

By: Anand

Anand — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:43:08 +0000

This is a very useful set of updates, thanks Google. The “Popular Categories” feature makes Google’s “Places Directory” app more or less obsolete.

Hopefully the Google team behind “My Tracks” picks up some of these features. “My Tracks” already has the directional arrow but the scale bar and terrain layer would be useful additions.