Google announced an update for Maps: the application can now run on Wear OS watches with LTE without tethering to a smartphone

Google has announced a new update to the Wear OS application Google Maps.

Here's What We Know

The program has received support for turn-by-turn navigation. In addition, Google Maps can now work without tying your watch to your smartphone, but for this it is necessary that your smartwatch was connected to the Internet. That is, the innovation will only be available on devices with LTE. For example, on the Pixel Watch, Galaxy Watch 4, Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro smartwatches.

When We Can Expect It

A new version of Google Maps will be released in the coming days. You can check for the update on the Play Store.

Source: Google

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