If this news is true. It will hurt the map business by a bit. Rumors are saying that Google may be making a free (but ad supported) GPS Navigation map. However, there is no mention of release date or in fact, any other information.
However, if you think about it, Google Maps is already there and ready to be tapped and use. So, if Google giant is taking this step, I am sure Android users will be jumping with joy. The only bad thing I can foresee is that data usage will be high and if you travel to another country, it will be expensive to use data for navigation.
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