Google Maps coming to Android Wear devicesMay 20, 2015 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Android Wear devices have supported Google Maps since launch, but it looks like the full-fat version of the service is coming to wearables in the future. Google Maps version 9.9 will add a standalone app to smartwatches that offers a more extensive mapping experience, Digital Spy reports citing Android Central. The Android Wear app will add a host of features that are currently absent, including the ability to scroll around maps from your wrist, zoom in, toggle compass view, and pinpoint your current location. Other new features will still be reliant on the smartphone app, such as the option to scan for nearby points of interest and navigate to them. To avoid excessive battery drain, maps are said to switch to a black and white viewing mode when the user has stopped interacting with them. Google is yet to announce when the standalone mapping app will be released for Android Wear, but Android Central claims to have seen it up and running on an LG Watch Urbane. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |