When is the new offline/3D Google Maps coming to the GS3?

saintforlife

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Also will you be able to download and store the offline maps for a particular state or country on the removable SD card or does it have to go on the onboard storage?
 
Open maps. Go menu>settings>labs>enable offline cache

Not sure about 3d, not a feature that interests me personally
 
I am not talking about caching. I am talking about the new Maps and turn-by-turn navigation that Google announced last week that works without any data connection after you download it locally.
 
It has yet to be launched. Supposedly coming this summer. I assume it will be like other apps, once available on the market... err, Play Store, you can update any compatible device.
 
It has yet to be launched. Supposedly coming this summer. I assume it will be like other apps, once available on the market... err, Play Store, you can update any compatible device.

/\/\ THIS/\/\ The current build is 6.8.1 which allows pre-cached map areas through labs. A true offline solution, which it sounds like what you're looking for, has been announced, but not yet released. Also, what you describe is exactly what pre-caching does. You select an area to download locally and then the phone can do turn by turn without GPS.

EDIT - Heres a walk through of pre-caching.
 

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