14 DAY TRIAL // Nokia is still assessing the bids it got last week for its HERE maps business. Until the Finnish company takes a decision and names the company that won, HERE developers have just released a new update for the maps application.
The update, while important for users in a few countries, comes with a long blog post that announces HERE maps now offers real time traffic solutions in no less than 50 countries.
The latest additions on the list of countries where real time traffic is available are Bulgaria and Romania. Furthermore, Nokia also announced that it significantly expanded HERE maps coverage in the Middle East, adding live traffic data to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar.
According to Nokia, its HERE maps application comes with innovative new features like reversible express lane coverage.
These types of express lanes, where the direction of the lane can change depending on rush hour or congestion, HERE real time traffic updates the direction of traffic flow.
Additional innovative features have been added too
But there's more, as Nokia states that Traffic safety warning have been added too, so that the application can prompt drivers to slow down in anticipation of a quickly building traffic jam ahead, even before it becomes visible.
“HERE Real-Time Traffic is the most comprehensive, global traffic service commercially available on the market today. With HERE Real-Time Traffic, Predictive Traffic, Traffic Patterns and Analytics, HERE is clearly leading the industry in advanced traffic content and services,” says Tony Belkin, Director of Traffic and Dynamic Content for HERE.
You can now download HERE for Android for free via Google Play Store. The application should be fully compatible with all devices powered by Android 4.1 and up.
For iOS users, the application is available for free through App Store. It should work smoothly on all devices running iOS 7.0 or later.
Last but not least, HERE for Windows Phone is available for free via Windows Phone Store. It should be fully compatible with all devices powered by Windows Phone 8 and up.