Garmin has announced that a free Google Maps app is now out there for a lot of the firm’s smartwatches that permits you to know the place and the way far your subsequent flip is whereas strolling, biking, or operating.
In contrast to the extra sturdy model of Google Maps out there for Put on OS that can be utilized to seek for locations and even navigate and not using a smartphone, Garmin’s Google Maps app has restricted performance, just like Google Maps on the Apple Watch. The Garmin app solely offers primary turn-by-turn instructions and it is advisable find your vacation spot utilizing the Google Maps cellular app on an Android smartphone that needs to be stored in vary. On the app’s listing on Garmin’s Connect IQ store, there’s no point out of assist for iPhones or iOS.
Garmin says the app will gently vibrate your smartwatch when the subsequent flip is delivered so that you don’t should be continually your wrist, and the app can present you your subsequent three turns by merely tapping the display screen. Your smartwatch may also proceed to document your strolling, operating, and biking efficiency when you’re utilizing the Google Maps app for navigation.
The Google Maps app is now out there for obtain from Garmin’s Join IQ Retailer and is appropriate with upwards of 90 completely different fashions of its smartwatches.