Google has announced an update to the mobile client Google Maps. The program, made in the style Material Design, has acquired a number of new features, including full-screen mode and voice commands to search routes. Google Maps 4.4 is now available for download in the App Store.
The new version of Google Maps lets you view maps in the "full screen." To hide all the interface elements, once is enough to touch the empty space on the map. Also now public transport routes are shown in different colors.
As the developers of Google, as a free navigation application for iOS appeared full voice control. To use this function, you need to click on the microphone icon.
In what situations is convenient to use voice control? For example, when you want to go the usual route as favorites - for example, "Home", "at work", "At the cottage." Say "go home", "go to the country" or "route to work", the program will understand that for the address you have in mind, and build the route. Or, when you are looking for a specific object or a route to a particular address or organization, that is, "Hasek, 15" or "route to the Bolshoi Theatre".
Features of Google Maps 4.4 for iPhone and iPad:
- View the map in full screen mode (start, if you touch the empty space on the map).
- Colored public transport routes.
- Search for restaurants with an estimate of Zagat (not available in all countries).
- Voice commands to search for a route. Click on the microphone icon, say "get directions" and name the place.
- Error correction.
One of the main features of the fourth version of the maps for the iPhone and iPad has become the so-called "material design" - the first time he was introduced as part of the announcement of a new version of the platform Android 5.0 Lollipop. It implies a visual "depth", minimalist design of the buttons, round instead of square icons.
Google Maps interface is divided into layers and visualized in 3D-scene in view of the light source, the correct perspective and realistic shadows. The company paid attention to the animation: almost every action, including touching the screen, accompanied by a smooth visual effects.
Download Google Maps 4.4 for iPhone and iPad, you can follow this link .