Today i descoverd the most cool app for drivers name simply Waze, you can find out lots of stuf in real time(police,gas stations,trafic jam,accident...) Let's use it in big numbers so we can take care of each other in traffic.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waze
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LMAO... I thought its drivers that you install in your computer.. Title is a little misleading?!?!?!
If it was a program ok it would be in the title but this is the apps thread...why would you think otherwise?
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I thought the same thing as gb6noob
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Sounds like a battery raper
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Thought it was computer drivers
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Thought it was pc drivers but this thread is cool though. I should try waze some time. I'm old school with just google maps and I'm set.
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If it was a program ok it would be in the title but this is the apps thread...why would you think otherwise?
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I think others think the same as me.. haha
If you titled it Best GPS App.. then we all would think its a GPS app for car drivers...
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I think others think the same as me.. haha
If you titled it Best GPS App.. then we all would think its a GPS app for car drivers...
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Lol!... me too. I thought an Android app for device drivers?!
OK, my bad for the uninspired name but did any one used the app, any comments about the app?
ps: cand someone modify the name of the thread?
thnx in advance
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ps: cand someone modify the name of the thread?
thnx in advance
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Hi,
Go to your Original Post, then click on "EDIT POST", "Go Advanced" and there, at the top, you can change the title, then "Save Changes"
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Hi,
Go to your Original Post, then click on "EDIT POST", "Go Advanced" and there, at the top, you can change the title, then "Save Changes"
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Thx for the info.:good:
waze is awsome !! I use it often and it's better than any navigation app because it's like a social navigation gps.
You can instantly know why your road is blocked for example.. because users share it.
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oh ..and it's google
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I've used it before on other phones haven't gotten around to it again, but yeah it's pretty cool.
Especially when someone else on the same road as you is using it and you pass each other, everyone in both cars is looking around to see who else is using waze!
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Waze and Google maps actually share the same information. While Google maps may be missing the social aspect, there's not much else different between the two. Google acquired Waze in June of last year.
Google acquired waze earlier this year and has started integrating waze feature into google maps
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Google acquired waze earlier this year and has started integrating waze feature into google maps
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Yeah, part of it was buying up the competition but each has something the other needs so it makes sense. Waze has a good framework for gathering live traffic data and stuff like warnings about speed traps and accidents as people report them. They don't have a very efficient way to manage/update map data and their map data isn't as good as Google's. Also they didn't have many advertisers so they weren't making any money.
Google has great map data and connections to advertisers but they didn't have the level of live/social data updates that Waze has.
So Google bought Waze and is able to support the project financially and with map data while gaining better live analysis data about delays and traffic and cops and stuff.
I'm assuming at some point they will become the same thing (either keep Waze and make it "Waze powered by Google" or just roll them all into Google Navigation).
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How well does the offline Google Maps Navigation work? I just find it as an interesting feature and was wondering how well does it work for some of you?
I don't believe there is offline navigation, just offline maps only.
The map only is offline... but navigation still need an internet connection or gps... so what do u mean with offline navigation?
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Search, someone did it using offline maps in a city. The GPS still works without wifi
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I've noticed maps doesn't work without WiFi, but if you start navigation before you leave your connection it will still guide you and update routes in realtime.
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I've noticed maps doesn't work without WiFi, but if you start navigation before you leave your connection it will still guide you and update routes in realtime.
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For Maps to work offline, you have to mark an area to be available for offline usage (it caches it). Simply click make available offline in the overflow menu (well it's there on my Galaxy Nexus it might be somewhere on the Nexus 7).
navFree has good navigation. Download the maps for offline use and all that is needed is GPS.
Google Maps can be used offline if you select and save an area.\
Google Maps Navigation can't be used offline even if you do the above.
Other third party navigation apps can be used offline.
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Google Maps can be used offline if you select and save an area.\
Google Maps Navigation can't be used offline even if you do the above.
Other third party navigation apps can be used offline.
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Like I said Google navigation will work offline if you start it while your still connected to WiFi @home or current location.
Once its loaded it will do turn by turn and update as you go using GPS. I've played with it over the weekend and it kept updating and telling me to do a uturn when I changed course, then finally figured out where I was going and updated accordingly.
It may help that I have the SF bay area saved in maps
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Like I said Google navigation will work offline if you start it while your still connected to WiFi @home or current location.
Once its loaded it will do turn by turn and update as you go using GPS. I've played with it over the weekend and it kept updating and telling me to do a uturn when I changed course, then finally figured out where I was going and updated accordingly.
It may help that I have the SF bay area saved in maps
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guess that could be true on newer versions. One time i was driving to orlando and lost service and navigation paused and said it would resume when i got a data connection back. this was well over a year ago though on my nexus one.
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guess that could be true on newer versions. One time i was driving to orlando and lost service and navigation paused and said it would resume when i got a data connection back. this was well over a year ago though on my nexus one.
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Yep, testing this on my nexus 7 I didn't imply that it would pertain to any other android device.
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Yep, testing this on my nexus 7 I didn't imply that it would pertain to any other android device.
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very good to know that it's smart enough to do that now. going to come in handy since i always lose data with t-mobile driving up to orlando.
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very good to know that it's smart enough to do that now. going to come in handy since i always lose data with t-mobile driving up to orlando.
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I tested it a bit too. It took it a bit to figure out I made a wrong turn. Eventually it started telling me where to turn again, but it wouldn't say the street names. It would just say things like "turn right in 800 feet."
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Like I said Google navigation will work offline if you start it while your still connected to WiFi @home or current location.
Once its loaded it will do turn by turn and update as you go using GPS. I've played with it over the weekend and it kept updating and telling me to do a uturn when I changed course, then finally figured out where I was going and updated accordingly.
It may help that I have the SF bay area saved in maps
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guess that could be true on newer versions. One time i was driving to orlando and lost service and navigation paused and said it would resume when i got a data connection back. this was well over a year ago though on my nexus one.
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I have been doing this with my old OG DROID for a while, start navigation with it connected to my home wifi and have it work all the way ro my destination with no signal at all
Only reason why i wish I had a data plan...directions! Guess i gotta try out a better offline app
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Probably a very silly question but yea when i got my nexus 7 i supposed i would find google ears in widgets section but no its not,
is there any way i could get it? help pls.
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Probably a very silly question but yea when i got my nexus 7 i supposed i would find google ears in widgets section but no its not,
is there any way i could get it? help pls.
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What is/are Google Ears? I did a Google search and found nothing.
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Look in the last page of your widgets. Its called "Sound Search"
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Look in the last page of your widgets. Its called "Sound Search"
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Dont have that one
Is there any chance this happens because i'm not from the US? im from latin america
if so any way i could get it?
I doubt this will work in Latin America. I saw a pulled apk of this somewhere in the forums.
You could sideload it probably without issue but hen Google would see your IP and likely tell you it isn't supported.
Its no big deal anyway.
Sound hound , shazam, etc... same type.
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They've changed name. I remember downloading GoogleEars.apk few months back on here. When I googled it, I got sound search instead. It can't recognize humming or things that you sing to it. Still using SoundHound.
It's there but you need to use Titanium Backup to defrost it - and again after every reboot.
seems that i'll need to buy shazam, thanks anyways
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I doubt this will work in Latin America. I saw a pulled apk of this somewhere in the forums.
You could sideload it probably without issue but hen Google would see your IP and likely tell you it isn't supported.
Its no big deal anyway.
Sound hound , shazam, etc... same type.
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I found Google Ears / Sound Search to be way quicker than Shazam.
So with Google I/O finished and the new Play Store update. I'm wondering has anyone test the new App Data sync option that's under accounts? Is it just for games or all apps? I've tried it between my Nexus 7 and Droid X with no avail. No app data syncs.
Anyone have any more info for this feature or have got it to work?
I'm also very interested to know more about this. As a dev it would be a great new feature for some of my apps.
Can't find any info from Google about the subject.
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At Google I/O a list of game developers who have implemented that feature was displayed. Apparently apps have to be updated to take advantage of the feature, it doesn't work for all apps. Also, it was mainly intended for the 'cloud saves' feature of Google Play Game Services, so it's mostly for games. I'm not sure if regular apps can use this feature to sync data, but that will be great if it is possible and developers start to use it.
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So with Google I/O finished and the new Play Store update. I'm wondering has anyone test the new App Data sync option that's under accounts? Is it just for games or all apps? I've tried it between my Nexus 7 and Droid X with no avail. No app data syncs.
Anyone have any more info for this feature or have got it to work?
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Are the both devices set to auto-sync appdata?
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At Google I/O a list of game developers who have implemented that feature was displayed. Apparently apps have to be updated to take advantage of the feature, it doesn't work for all apps. Also, it was mainly intended for the 'cloud saves' feature of Google Play Game Services, so it's mostly for games. I'm not sure if regular apps can use this feature to sync data, but that will be great if it is possible and developers start to use it.
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Interesting. Thanks. Do you know where we can find that list?
This feature is starting to sound boring now. Basically if I factory reset my N7 and all my apps reinstall I will have to start over again with only certain games containing my hard worked progress...Android in this area is moving slow :/ .
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Are the both devices set to auto-sync appdata?
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Yes both are set.
But is there any other os (mobile or desktop) that can do that right now?
Except for Chrome-OS maybe, but that is fully cloud oriented.
Somebody pointed me to this:
http://developer.android.com/reference/com/google/android/gms/appstate/AppStateClient.html
Not sure if that is the new app data sync.
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Well I guess the wait begins.. I just did a restore on my n7 and no app data was saved. So nope, not working and nope still a pain to start over. Lucky I had helium.
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Interesting. Thanks. Do you know where we can find that list?
This feature is starting to sound boring now. Basically if I factory reset my N7 and all my apps reinstall I will have to start over again with only certain games containing my hard worked progress...Android in this area is moving slow :/ .
Yes both are set.
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If you watch the Google I/O 2013 keynote, you'll see the list on screen during the app data sync announcement. Yeah this feature would have been better if it was implemented by the system itself for all apps. Currently it only works if apps explicitly allow it.
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If you watch the Google I/O 2013 keynote, you'll see the list on screen during the app data sync announcement. Yeah this feature would have been better if it was implemented by the system itself for all apps. Currently it only works if apps explicitly allow it.
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Yep and this is one thing that keeps customers on Apple side. Not worrying about lossing your high score and level you at. Pick up where you left off when you buy a new device. Delete the game? just go to the App Store and redownload it and your data is back. Sad. Wish Google would wake up already and implement it. Thank god for Helium.
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Yep and this is one thing that keeps customers on Apple side. Not worrying about lossing your high score and level you at. Pick up where you left off when you buy a new device. Delete the game? just go to the App Store and redownload it and your data is back. Sad. Wish Google would wake up already and implement it. Thank god for Helium.
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Amen to that.
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I used to have this version on my nexus 4, but when i changed my google account and moved to nexus 5, its not working anymore.
it fails to be installed.
tried this also, but same issue.
any help with a working version?
i really like ears, better than shazam, and it helps that can be put as widget in lock screen.
Have you tried getting from the play store directly? Here's a link for you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.ears
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doooh
due to my location in EUROPE, the playstore app is not available.
On my phone search it does not appear, and when i go to it on PC, it says "NO ELIGIBLE DEVICES FOR APP INSTALL".
thats why i had to try with the apk from xda. but now...that one does not work either.
i click the apk to install..it starts..and then..app not installed. thats all.
I'm in Italy and on my N5 was installed by default...
Here it is my apk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3p60sht7mbiq5fa/GoogleEars.zip
If you are rooted just extract and put the apk directly on system folder, then set the correct permission. rw-r--r--
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I am 100% stock unrooted. i will give it a try, though...i doubt it will work.
thanks.
that works, thanks!
I removed it from the system/apps. What does it do anyway?
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I removed it from the system/apps. What does it do anyway?
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I'm in Canada and noticed it was already in System/apps, after clicking it gave me the option to install it and it worked. The widget now appears in the widgets area. I'm not able to purchase any music through it even though I can use Google Music, but the song search feature seems to work great, saves me from Googling lyrics every time I want to know the name of a song.
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I'm in Canada and noticed it was already in System/apps, after clicking it gave me the option to install it and it worked. The widget now appears in the widgets area. I'm not able to purchase any music through it even though I can use Google Music, but the song search feature seems to work great, saves me from Googling lyrics every time I want to know the name of a song.
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So like soundhound and shazam do? Well that's no use for me. Thanks.
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adichandra said:
So like soundhound and shazam do? Well that's no use for me. Thanks.
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Yeah same as what they do, just a bit better IMO and no need for another app. If you want to be able to purchase the music I believe you need to live in the U.S.A
Hi all,
i have the seicane h221l PX30 , and after switching to a custom rom everything works way better than the OEM firmware, however,
i use google maps for navigation, but that is the only app that is very sluggish. i think it needs more resources then there are available,
so my question, do you guys know a good navigation ( may be online / internet connection needed) that is faster then google maps navigation , and preferably free ?
Here Maps
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Bo03 said:
Here Maps
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thnx, i'll give it a try
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thnx, i'll give it a try
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it all seemed to work nicely, but voice is cutt off, it gives very choppy audio, no idea why, but i think i need to look for something else,
Any other suggestions?
Waze works good
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Bo03 said:
Waze works good
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waze seems to do the job. thnx