

Instead of searching for an address or a street name, the application can also search by name, for example guide the user to a nearby restaurant by being given the name of the restaurant. The application (version 4.2) was later released in the UK on Apand Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland on June 9, 2010. Google Maps Navigation Beta was initially released in the United States. The application’s beta release was released on October 28, 2009, accompanying the release of Android 2.0 (Eclair) on the Motorola Milestone (known as the Motorola Droid ). The app displays the user's progress along the route and issues instructions for each turn.

A user can enter a destination into the application, which will plot a path to it. 3G, 4G, 5G, WiFi, etc.) and normally uses a GPS satellite connection to determine its location. The application requires connection to Internet data (e.g. The application uses an Internet connection to a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions on how to arrive at a given destination. Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that was later integrated into the Google Maps mobile app.
