Google Maps arrived at the destination, the App Reaches 1 billion downloads

After Gmail hit 1 billion downloads at the beginning of last month it was a pretty safe bet some of the other Google apps will follow closely behind. The next participant to the exclusive club came just a few weeks later, and this time the maps given in the spotlight. Even if from time to time sends us through the winding mountain roads and quiet neighborhoods during the cross-country tour, we should give a round of applause for applications that always have us where we need to go! Note: The total number of downloads is a tally of accounts that downloaded applications. Repeated downloads on the same account, even on multiple devices, are counted only as one download. This means that there was more than one billion Google accounts that have been downloaded from the Maps application at least once. ^{Okay, we're a little late, but this deserves a post.} If you look back in time a bit, it turns out that Google Maps used in the forefront. It was very The first application to hit 50 million downloads back in 2011 to anyone that was around for the early days of Android, it's probably not surprising. In addition to speech recognition, maps and turn-by-turn navigation was one of the strongest drivers in the early success of Android. In almost every comparison with the iPhone, after the call of the people of 3rd party keyboards and widgets, the real selling point is almost always boils down to the need for the best navigation experience. As one of the oldest and most powerful components of Android, maps passed quite a massive makeover for the past six years. When you first start, it offered little more than a mapping between two points and a very limited navigation. In subsequent updates are taught to see walking and transit plans , display scaled 3D map , let us & nbsp; Indoor Navigation and Maps mall , warn & nbsp; about incidents in real time , and even travel & nbsp; to Great Barrier Reef . It is simply some great stuff! ^{Left Maps on the HTC G1(image: smartphonemag.com ) Middle : Maps v5.0 , right : Maps 8.1} We know that there is still a lot to come on maps, not just applications. Google is just getting started with Android in the car a much more experimental self-driving car and experience gained in these projects certainly find their way back here. Come on, give him one more time to the most recent participant exclusive downloadable Billion Club! [AppBrain] Maps(Playboard) | Maps(Play Store)

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