Google Maps are available on Android Wear devices since launch, and the evidence indicates that the all-round service of of devices will reach to wearables in the future. Android Wear is including LG G Watch, Moto 360 and Samsung Gear Live.
News from Android Central that a stand-alone app will be added to smartwatches based on Google Maps version 9.9, this app will offer an extensive mapping experience for users.
The Android Wear App will update an amount of features which are not used at the present. Those features offers the ability to scroll around maps, enlarge image, switch to compass view and look up your current location from your wrist. One will not be lost with Android Wear.
The other new features will be depend on the smartphone app. For example, the features of the option to scan for nearby points of interest and navigate to them are reliant on the smartphone app.
When the users has stopped interacting with Android Wear, they were told to switch to a black and white viewing mode which avoiding excessive battery drain.
Google will open a press for Android Wear when the stand-alone mapping will be released, and it will be seen and run on an LG Watch Urbane first.