Free Turn-by-Turn Directions on iPhone Soon

Even though there is a lot of on-going tension between Google and Apple, the Internet giant continues to smartly push its service to the iPhone platform. At a press conference at London, Google confirmed that it will bring free turn-by-turn based navigation on the iPhone along with other platforms, reported MacUser. Yesterday, Google released Google Maps Navigation 4.1.1 Beta for Android which brought free turn-by-turn navigation in the UK. Google's competitors Garmin and TomTom are already offering their services commercially there.

Garmin and TomTom have commercial models to offer satellite-aided navigation for their respective GPS devices. Google must have felt pressurized and thus introduced a free update for Google Maps Navigation tool on Android OS based smartphones. However, good news here is the confirmation that free SatNav is under development for Apple's iPhone platform as well. Google didn't confirm when exactly would the feature arrive for iPhone owners.

We presume just like the Gmail interface, even this Google Maps Navigation with free SatNav will come as a web app for iPhone. Google may not want to take chances at the Apple's App Store. This essentially means iPhone owners won't have to buy the TomTom gear app and pay for any GPS services for SatNav. Google will be bringing it to iPhone for free and we're sure many would be looking forward to it.

Looks like good old in-auto GPS systems and stand alone navigation devices will have to face a challenge from smartphones soon.