Six The Best Application Navigation For Your Android Smartphone

Google has been really on top of navigation especially over the last couple of years. if you're after extra features, there are apps for finding the quickest way to hit dozens of stops, apps for planning the ultimate road trip. and apps to navigate you around traffic jams. In this list, we’ll check out the best GPS apps and navigation apps for Android!

1. Navigon by Garmin

If your job involves a ton of driving, few solutions come close to Navigon – a solution by Garmin aimed at transportation professionals. For an app, it costs a fortune, but once again, professionals will definitely appreciate the functionality it offers (lane assist, live fuel prices, 3D view, etc).


2. Scout

This map app from Telenav is straight to the point regarding what it has to offer: premium navigation services, global maps (including one entire country for offline use!), and live traffic data – all in all, it’s an impressive package from the German developers. Previously known as ‘skobbler’, Scout claims to be “the only truly complete online and offline solution” for both drivers and pedestrians. It’s also well and truly free, which has unsurprisingly earned it plenty of attention on the various app stores.


3. Waze

This full-featured navigation app has extra oomph in the traffic alerts department. It crowd-sources traffic information from other drivers using the app, with a friendly map interface that shows icons for accidents, hazards, road closures, speed cameras, and police officers waiting for the next leadfoot to whiz by. Red lines show how long traffic jams extend for, and the app can automatically reroute you to an alternate path.

You can help other Waze users out by reporting nearby traffic conditions, including a handy feature to add a photo and a note about whether the trouble is on your side or the opposite side of the road.

The search function works with places as well as addresses, and suggests places based on your location and previous entries. You can also navigate to car services, public transport, restaurants, shops, and more by leveraging Google and Foursquare.

Once you select your destination, Waze comes up with alternate routes you can take and remembers preferred routes after you drive them a few times. And, you can create a Planned Drive by entering the time and date you need to arrive and Waze will recommend the best time to leave. A nice touch: you can send your ETA by email, text, or Whatsapp to your contacts, and sync Facebook and phone calendars so that upcoming events appear in the list of navigation options, including Planned Drives.


4. HERE Maps

HERE Maps is developed by Nokia and it made quite the splash in 2014. It made another splash in 2015 when it was sold to a consortium of automobile manufacturers including Audi, BMW, and Mercedes. It features a simple, elegant interface with mapping options all over the world. You can download maps for offline use in your region so you don’t need a mobile data connection. HERE also shows you traffic information (where applicable), public transit maps, and you can customize by saving places for quick directions later.


5. OsmAnd Maps & Navigation

OsmAnd (short for OSM Automated Navigation Directions) won't win your heart with its design, but perhaps its detailed maps and their availability even offline will.


6. Navmii

In direct competition with Waze is Navmii, another community-based traffic app that aims to help you avoid the traffic at every opportunity. With voice-guided navigation, local search and free offline navigation (for when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere, yet there’s still a traffic jam – it happens), Navmii is an ultimately-fine service that’s used by over 23 million users the world over – and 23 million people can’t be wrong, right?