Today, to coincide with the launch of the new Droid phone, the first phone to have Android 2.0, Google announced its new GPS navigation app called Google Maps Navigation.

You may already have navigation on your phone or in your car, but not like this one. This app is constantly connected to the 50 million other google maps users, with their suggestions, reviews, and great tips.

Add that to the fact that it has the following features:

Search in plain English. No need to know the address. You can type a business name (e.g. “starbucks”) or even a kind of a business (e.g. “thai restaurant”), just like you would on Google.
Search by voice. Speak your destination instead of typing (English only): “Navigate to the de Young Museum in San Francisco”.
Traffic view. An on-screen indicator glows green, yellow, or red based on the current traffic conditions along your route. A single touch on the indicator toggles a traffic view that shows the traffic ahead.
Search along route. Search for any kind of business along your route, or turn on popular layers such as gas stations, restaurants, or parking.
Satellite view. View your route overlaid on 3D satellite views with Google’s high-resolution aerial imagery.
Street View. Visualize turns overlaid on Google’s Street View imagery. Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination.
Car dock mode. For certain devices, placing your phone in a car dock activates a special mode that makes it easy to use your device at arm’s length. (TechCrunch)

Oh, and one more thing.
Its free.

This makes Google Maps Navigation (on paper) the best navigation application around. Now we will just have to see how it works in practice.

UPDATE: PC World just put up a great article about Android 2.0 Android 2.0 Primer

Google Redefines GPS Navigation Landscape: Google Maps Navigation For Android 2.0 via TechCruch

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