Access Google Maps on your Apple Watch with latest iOS update
- 9 years ago
Google has unveiled updates to its Google Maps for iOS and Google Maps for Android apps.
Both Android and iOS users also gain additional new features including support for comparing ETAs across a range of transit options, plus the ability to generate directions and call businesses directly from a list of places.
At the current time, users are restricted to getting directions only: two buttons provide easy access to directions to the user's home or work place, while a "Recent routes" option provides access to directions to places browsed in Google Maps on other platforms.
Users can switch between walking, transit and driving directions by a force press on-screen, and the watch segues in with the user's phone, allowing them to launch directions on that before switching the watch to provide turn-by-turn instructions.
Both Android and iOS users also gain additional new features including support for comparing ETAs across a range of transit options, plus the ability to generate directions and call businesses directly from a list of places.
At the current time, users are restricted to getting directions only: two buttons provide easy access to directions to the user's home or work place, while a "Recent routes" option provides access to directions to places browsed in Google Maps on other platforms.
Users can switch between walking, transit and driving directions by a force press on-screen, and the watch segues in with the user's phone, allowing them to launch directions on that before switching the watch to provide turn-by-turn instructions.