Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) has launched voice-assisted
navigation services in Australia with an update to its operating system iOS6.
The feature was promised nearly a month back but has
been launched only on Thursday.
The Maps app offers turn-by-turn navigational
instructions using the voice of Siri and offers users a 3D view and real-time
traffic information, Macnn reported.
The turn-by-voice navigation system adjusts the
estimated time to travel to a place according to the traffic flow and even
offers alternative routes if traffic is heavy in a particular area.
Users are treated to a 3D perspective of a road ahead
at turnings with the voice-over getting automatically activated. The
application works even if the screen is locked and automatically reroutes users
if they take a wrong turn.
As has been reported elsewhere, Apple was forced to
release its own mapping application because of Google's apparent reluctance to
add the turn-by-voice navigational capabilities to its Google mapping
application on iOS.
However, upon launch, Apple appeared to have
underestimated the work needed to deliver a mapping solution as comprehensive
as the Google-powered iOS Maps app had delivered. This eventually led to the
ouster of Scott Forstall as Apple SVP of iOS, Macnn pointed out.
Apple has now been working on its mapping application
and making upgrades and changes to it, ever since it was launched and created
mayhem among users with its erroneous information.
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