By Doug Aamoth
Google recently updated its Maps app for iPhone and Android with a whole mess of new features, such as:
Lane guidance and offline mode are the two big-ticket items here, as they help round out the Maps app as a free, powerful GPS replacement. The other additions are nice touches, too, many of them with the apparent goal of trying to keep people inside the Maps app instead of using apps from the likes of Yelp or one of several public transit apps.
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