Google Navigation now works in UK (Official)

[byron_hinson]

Google Navigation 4.1.1 beta works right now in the UK - it's an official release. Just run it on your desire.

 

[JasonC]

Where do you download it from? is it on the Market yet?

 

[byron_hinson]

No need to - just run it through Google Maps built into the Desire - no idea why it started working fine today, but tested it on 3 android phones and they all work with the new beta as of now! Warns you it is a beta when you run it. Just search a location and then click on navigate to it.

Working great here, will try it in the car later on today.

 

[wuthton]

Well spotted, it has got me puzzled as to how it just started working.

 

[kopkiwi]

Being that the phone wont ever being coming to NZ, I don't hold much hope on us ever getting some sort of fix for it.

 

[spirit44]

does this mean i can now uninstall the maps [Brut] thing? and free up precious memory on the phone?

 

[JasonC]

Thanks for that, seems to work well, I just need a car mount for it now.

 

[Case]

does this mean i can now uninstall the maps [Brut] thing? and free up precious memory on the phone?

Yep

 

[marshalex]

i'm guessing you still need an active data connection to use it? means its a bugger for those of us on orange with pathetic data limits

 

[tbl]

What package are you on? I dont think Nav will use much data, but I'm going to keep an eye on it once I get a car dock (might even bin the TomTom )

Does anyone know if the Car Home app can be ported to Desire from Nexus One?

 

[marshalex]

What package are you on? I dont think Nav will use much data, but I'm going to keep an eye on it once I get a car dock (might even bin the TomTom )

Does anyone know if the Car Home app can be ported to Desire from Nexus One?

dolphin 30 with the data pack which has a limit of 500mb per month, which is crap!

 

[Mike_M]

Good find and the road names at the top of the screen works now

 

[HTC_Desire]

Just saw this post on one of the news sites regarding Google enabling Sat Nav in the UK

Google offers free satnav to uk android users - The Inquirer

Can anyone in the UK confirm this for me please? Am at work at the moment and we get no signal of any kind :-(

Cheers
Ken..................

 

[Vertigo1]

Hmm, can't say I notice anything different on Maps - what am I looking for specifically?

 

[gumbald]

Yes.

 

[kaushal101]

It has started working because of this - Google's satnav killer - now released for the UK | Media | guardian.co.uk

It is officially launched for UK & Ireland today .

 

[Member 94720]

Great news, just tried it myself too, works like a charm!

 

[Banzibarn]

Very good!

Is there any way to dowload the maps at home, so when driving you don't have to reply on a good data connection to load the map as you drive?

 

[trevytrev]

Sorry but not used a phone for Sat nav before, will this use up some of my data allowance then, or can it just use the GPS? I'm on Orange Dolphin too so not a massive data allowance.

 

[tigerdriver]

i cant see anything different ... htc legend on vodafone

 

[HTC_Desire]

Woohoooo - Got me all excited, so i had to dive out to the car park to try this out, and it's great. Same functionality I had with Brut's modded map pack but now I get the correct name of the road at the top of the screen instead of "Un-named Road".

I also got back the app storage space that the second modded map pack took up, which was not insignificant.

Made my day - Thank you Google!!!

 

[miasma]

Is this included in the Google maps update I downloaded from the market yesterday then?

Anyone with Orange UK handset able to confirm whether it works as it should or whether they've crippled it to try and get a fiver a month out of me? Not in a position to be able to check at themoment but interested to find out...

 

[Bearo]

shweet, earlier than i thought!

 

[Brip]

I'm also on Orange (unbranded phone) and don't seem to have the new navigation feature.
My Google Maps is ver. 4.1.1 (#4156), but can't see the navigation option; where should it be?

Is it possible Orange could be blocking/disabling the navigation function??

 

[tbl]

you have to get driving directions first, then it will offer you the navigate option. Previously in the UK this option was hidden.

You can do a check by searching New York to Washington (or similar), yesterday you would have found this worked but UK didnt.

This isn't particularly a software upgrade on the handset side that's sorted it, it's just that google have enabled it at the backend for UK co-ordinates