Google Maps debuts new Apple Watch app and CarPlay features

Google today announced the launch of several Google Maps features on Apple products, including new CarPlay functionality and a new Google Maps app running on Apple Watch.

The new Google Maps app for ‌Apple Watch‌ works similarly to the iOS app, allowing ‌Apple Watch‌ owners to get directions for car, bike, public transportation, or on foot.

The app supports estimated arrival times and step-by-step directions on ‌Apple Watch‌ when using stored destinations such as Work or Home. Other destinations require navigation to get started on iPhone, with the directions then picked up by ‌Apple Watch‌.

For ‌CarPlay‌, the ‌CarPlay‌ is integrated into the dashboard for switching or pausing songs from a media app, re-playing or forwarding podcasts or audiobooks, or checking the calendar appointments all while keeping directions on the ‌CarPlay‌ screen. All info is displayed in a split screen view.

Google Maps works with ‌CarPlay‌ Dashboard on all ‌CarPlay‌ supported cars around the world. The Google Maps app for ‌Apple Watch‌ will roll out in the coming weeks.

Google Maps can be downloaded for free from the App Store. [Direct Link]