Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Google's Brian McClendon: 'committed' to bringing all of Maps' features to iOS, other platforms

Google's Brian McClendon: 'committed' to bringing all of Maps' features to iOS, other platforms

There was a Google event today, but you'd hardly know it based on the Q&A session. Question and question was hurled at Brian McClendon - Vice President of Engineering for Google Maps - surrounding Apple. With discussion around Apple's desire to introduce a mapping system of its own in iOS 6 to unseat Google from its preloaded app selection, Peter fielded lots of inquiries on the matter. He did an admirable job of dodging the obviously asinine bits, but continued to impress upon the crowd that Google itself was "committed" to bringing all of the features in Maps - 3D, offline, turn-by-turn, etc. - to iOS and other platforms.

Engadget, Google's Brian McClendon: 'committed' to bringing all of Maps' features to iOS, other platforms