• PC World, Friday, April 23, 2010 1:43 PM

If only for the moment, dedicated turn-by-turn GPS navigators like Garmin and TomTom can breathe a sigh of relief. Google is denying rumors that it plans to introduce its free turn-by-turn GPS navigation service to iPhone users anytime soon. Reports surfaced on Thursday quoting a Google executive speaking about plans to bring such a service to other mobile platforms during a London press conference. Denying the reports, a Google spokesperson tells PCWorld: "We did not say we would bring it to iPhone, we said to date we've had it on Android and that in the future it may come to other platforms but did not confirm this will be coming to iPhone at all."
In Android 2.0, Google introduced free Maps Navigation, which includes 3D maps, turn-by-turn voice guidance, and automatic rerouting. The features, notes PCWorld, could still come in the future to other (unspecified) mobile platforms.

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