Google Maps Navigates Its Way to 50 Million Downloads
The Android Market has a new king as Google Maps has become the first application to surpass 50 million downloads. It doesn’t come as hard to believe, either. Aside from the fact that Maps comes pre-installed on almost every Android device, the shear quality of the service makes it deserving of the honor. Don’t listen to all the one-star ratings the app has received recently for excluding a changelog in its latest update, the Maps and Android team redefined mobile navigation when they launched the capability to get turn-by-turn directions using Google’s free software and continue to shape the landscape of location-based services with regular updates coming almost weekly.
It really is quite an astonishing figure. Put in perspective, if the entire population of South Africa had an Android phone and downloaded Google Maps, it still wouldn’t equal 50 million. The entire population of Australia could download it twice and still not meet 50 million. Pretty impressive stuff.
[via AndroidPolice]