News · 11 May 2010 · MTW Editorial Team
The latest version of the Bing Maps applications for Windows Phones now includes Turn-By-Turn navigation with voice guidance and a couple new tweaks and UI changes. As you will see in the short video (uploading it right now to YouTube) the navigation feature isn’t working on my HTC HD2 (this can be caused by the fact that I’m located in Europe or the services isn’t fully up and running yet) UPDATE: The Bing Maps Navigation Team is trying to figure out the problem. You will also notice that the home screen is now nearly identical to the Bing application on the iPhone. Hopefully the navigation feature will be implemented in Windows Phone 7 this Fal and work outside of the US.
To update you application just go hit Menu>Help>About
UPDATE: Here’s the official announcement:
The second feature is turn-by-turn navigation for Windows 6.x phones, powered by Bing Maps. We took advantage of the Microsoft Tellme team’s expertise in voice applications to deliver an amazingly lifelike voice experience for the turn-by-turn navigation. If you have a Windows phones on Sprint, T-Mobile, or AT&T you can use the voice guided navigation.[…] If you have one of these and are in the U.S..
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