Sunday, October 7, 2012

TomTom launches offline navigation app for Android

TomTom has released a new navigation app for Android devices. Though TomTom is one of the most well known providers of maps for different SatNav services, the app that the company has released for Android feels rather incomplete, mostly because of the lack of support for devices that have a resolution of more than 854 x 480. TomTom’s apps for its navigation services can be downloaded from the Google Play store. Click here to download.


One of the main features of the app is that it’s an offline navigation app. It helps keep data costs in control as you don’t need to be connected to the Internet to be able to use the navigation functionality efficiently. You simply have to download the offline map files through Wi-Fi, and then you’ll be good to go for navigation in low data signal areas.

TomTom has made the navigation service available in many countries, including Australia, Brazil, Southern Africa, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia-Baltics-Finland, New Zealand, Western Europe, and US and Canada. All the different versions of the Navigation service come at a hefty price tag, ranging between Rs 2,000 and Rs 3,000, depending on the area you choose to download the maps for.

Some of the features of TomTom’s navigation service are 2D/ 3D driving view, clear voice instructions, fast route recalculation, multi-stop routes, Eco Routes, Navigate To Contacts, Search TomTom Places and POIs, automatic music fading, automatic day and night mode, Car Symbols, and Map Colours. One of the basic requirements for downloading the app is at least 320MB of free space on the phone. The size of the maps to be downloaded for offline use is a whopping 4GB.


TomTom’s apps for its navigation services can be downloaded from the Google Play store.

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