Google Maps for Android surpasses 50 million downloads

By on Apr 14, 2011 at 5:59 AM
mobile April 14, 2011

Google Maps has hit a new milestone as the first Android application to surpass the 50 million download mark. The free application has seen many revisions since its public introduction in 2008 — as part of Android 1.6 — and now includes 3D modeling with multi-touch zoom and panning, free voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation, and support for Google’s Latitude and Places products. Given that it’s available on every iteration of Android — that we can think of — we’re not surprised to learn it’s the most downloaded application ever. Congrats to the Google Maps team. 

[Via Mobile Burn]

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  • http://twitter.com/imhike London Snoward

    Thought this was a native app on android…. since its a Google Mobile OS…. and the iPhone has googles map natively

    • http://profiles.google.com/xdadeveloper1 Xda Developer

      Do you know what “natively” means ? It can’t be “native” if it’s developed by Google. Google maps is always a separate package, whether it be iOS, Android, Windows Phone or Windows Mobile…

    • http://profiles.google.com/xdadeveloper1 Xda Developer

      And I guess to clarify my post below…. just because it came preinstalled on your phone, does not make it a “native” application :)

      • Anon

        Have you tried to remove Google Maps from iOS? Isn’t that one of the distinctions of a “native” app? It it can’t be removed, it’s native – not just pre-installed

      • http://twitter.com/androidhelpers Android Helpers

        Comprehension fail. @Anon

  • http://www.bloise.co.uk Frankie Bloise

    Yes, I redownload it everytime I flash a new Custom OS…

  • http://www.bloise.co.uk Frankie Bloise

    Yes, I redownload it everytime I flash a new Custom OS… so… let’s see… 20 times in my case so far…

  • John

    3 days late on this one but ok =/

  • http://twitter.com/UrbanEnigma Yves

    I wonder if the ’3D modeling with multi-touch zoom and panning’ will ever come to iOS devices

    • http://twitter.com/ej6100 jon

      the one and only app I truly miss since I went to verizon iphone.
      This app has no competition on any platform.
      I guess all the more reason for google to keep versions for other platforms watered down.
      Im keeping my fingers crossed anyway

  • heyhey

    yeah well that’s great but let’s go ahead and get android out of beta shall we?

  • Sam

    Man did Garmin take a hit when this came out.

  • http://www.jeffreychew.com Jeff Chew

    As an Android user, let me put on my smug suspenders.

  • Anonymous

    Congrats! I love G-MAPs!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2BNOIBHBFICJEAPJLGHKK3WHPE DADDY WARBUCKS

    this is the one app i miss from when i had my EVO, before i got an iphone 4.

  • 1magine

    Free voice guided turn by turn navigation. $50-60 on other platforms or $10-12 per month. This alone makes Android worth the price of admission.

    Compare to RIM – who still can’t figure out how to merge their 12 y.o. BB Maps with their BB Traffic into a single App.

  • Jinkster

    How do you get 3D modeling to work? I can’t find any Layer for it.

  • http://twitter.com/androidhelpers Android Helpers

    Now if only Google would allow us to completely cache maps of states or larger.

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