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Google has just published a new version of Google Maps for Android and Android Auto, and as usual, the new release comes without a changelog.
However, there’s a chance an important fix is included in this update, and it’s all related to how the GPS tracking works on some devices.
First and foremost, there are two different Google Maps builds that the Mountain View-based search published today, one in the stable channel and another one for beta users.
So if you’re trying to make sure that you run the latest build, you need to download Google Maps version 10.47.2 (stable) and 10.48.0 (beta) – worth highlighting is that this is the very first build of branch 10.48 in the beta program.
As for what’s new, that’s hard to guess, but there’s a chance that Google has improved GPS reliability in Google Maps with this update, as right now everything appears to be working correctly on a device where the signal has previously been dropping occasionally.
As we reported a few days ago, Google Maps has been plagued by GPS problems for quite a while, and several readers have confirmed in this reddit thread that the issue happened on a wide variety of devices, including Samsung’s and Google’s.
I also experienced occasional GPS problems on a Galaxy Note9 and today’s update seems to have improved the GPS reliability – however, I can’t be 100 percent confident right now that this is true or it’s just a placebo effect, but I reached out to Google and will circle back when a confirmation is offered.
For now, you can still download the new Google Maps version for Android and Android Auto to get whatever fixes are in there, as it’s always better to stay on the latest build anyway.
As a side note, this has been quite a big week for Google Maps overall, as the app has recently been updated with support for the CarPlay dashboard too.
First and foremost, there are two different Google Maps builds that the Mountain View-based search published today, one in the stable channel and another one for beta users.
So if you’re trying to make sure that you run the latest build, you need to download Google Maps version 10.47.2 (stable) and 10.48.0 (beta) – worth highlighting is that this is the very first build of branch 10.48 in the beta program.
As for what’s new, that’s hard to guess, but there’s a chance that Google has improved GPS reliability in Google Maps with this update, as right now everything appears to be working correctly on a device where the signal has previously been dropping occasionally.
As we reported a few days ago, Google Maps has been plagued by GPS problems for quite a while, and several readers have confirmed in this reddit thread that the issue happened on a wide variety of devices, including Samsung’s and Google’s.
I also experienced occasional GPS problems on a Galaxy Note9 and today’s update seems to have improved the GPS reliability – however, I can’t be 100 percent confident right now that this is true or it’s just a placebo effect, but I reached out to Google and will circle back when a confirmation is offered.
For now, you can still download the new Google Maps version for Android and Android Auto to get whatever fixes are in there, as it’s always better to stay on the latest build anyway.
As a side note, this has been quite a big week for Google Maps overall, as the app has recently been updated with support for the CarPlay dashboard too.
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