Google Maps Navigation officially comes to Android 1.6

Courtesy Engadget  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 13:23

You might've thought that Google was positioning its industry-changing Google Maps Navigation as a value proposition for Android 2.0 and beyond, but yeah, not so much -- instead, they've gone ahead and backported it to 1.6 (alias "Donut") which means that T-Mobile's myTouch 3G and G1 plus other 1.6-equipped devices across the land can get in on the action.

In the case of the memory-starved G1, that's especially surprising, and a heartening sign that the...

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