The Maps Go App is Just a Chrome App That Looks Really Good
In my quest to observe new apps and things to try out, I came across Google's series of Go apps recently, and while I was trying those apps out, 1 app that really stood out was the Maps Go app.
That app, when I downloaded it from APKMirror, came in at just 0.09MB for the APK. That in itself is mind-blowing, but even on installing, the app expanded to just 238KB! Equally incredible as that was, I was wondering how it's even possible to practise that. Our totally awesome (excuse me while I toot my own horn) Beebom app v2.0 (that you guys will get very soon, and y'all'll dearest it) comes in at effectually 22MB when installed. So yeah, I was skeptical as to what the app is even capable of.
Turns out, a lot. The Google Maps Go app does a lot of things that the regular Maps app does. I can search for places, switch to satellite view, enable traffic layers and what not. Nevertheless, one thing the app doesn't do is navigation, and that honestly is a big plow off. What's the point of me looking for directions if I can't navigate according to them?
But Maps Get also brings features that the regular Maps app doesn't. As shocking as information technology is, Maps Get has the Maps on the web feature that lets you check travel times according to when you wish to depart from your location, or when yous wish to go far at your destination, which is actually useful a lot of times.
That very feature is what struck me equally odd, though. I mean, it's a web characteristic, why'd it be broiled into a version of maps that's meant to be as light every bit is possible? If Google didn't deem it important enough to be on the regular app, there'southward no mode they thought it should be on a lightweight, stripped down version of the app at all… That's when I idea that maybe Maps Go is actually a container for a responsive, mobile-optimized version of the web app, and it kind of is.
Maps Go looks like a progressive web app for Chrome, as I can tell from the notification I receive while using information technology (see below). I'chiliad non complaining… Google is pitching Chrome as a Get app every bit well, thanks to its Data Saver characteristic, so it makes sense that the company expects it to be installed on Android Become phones.
All in all, I honey Maps Go, and I really love what Google is doing with Android Go — it's crawly, but I don't retrieve there's a point to having a Maps app on your phone that you can't navigate it. Maybe Google can do something most it, I don't know, only I really hope they do.
Source: https://beebom.com/the-maps-go-app-is-just-a-chrome-app-that-looks-really-good/
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