Google Maps finally gets real-time location sharing, including navigation routes

It's been a long time coming, presumably, but finally (and I don't use the 'F-bomb' lightly here), today Google announced that Maps is receiving a real-time location sharing feature. You'll be able to share your location directly inside Maps, in real time, including navigation routes. How we've managed to go without this in Maps given how long Android and smartphone GPS have been things, I'm not sure. The feature is dead simple to use: there's a new option in the slideout bar in the Maps app for location sharing. Read More Google Maps finally gets real-time location sharing, including navigation routes was written by th e awesome team at Android Police. Android Match ae http://androidmatch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default