Google Earth now optimized for Honeycomb tablets

By George Wong on 05/05/2011, filed in Home > Tablets

Google has just announced that the latest version of Google Earth for Android now includes support for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Google Earth can now take full advantage of the tablet-optimized Android operating system. Making use of the tablet’s large screen and powerful processors, Google Earth for Android adds a whole lot of pizzazz to the already interesting app.

Google Earth for Android now makes Earth look better – with fully textured 3D buildings, an option to “fly to your location”, layers like Places, Panoramio photos, and Wikipidea. The tablet-optimized app also now includes pop up boxes to take advantage of the additional real estate – no more having to go back and forth to different screens. Just head to m.google.com/earth on your Honeycomb browser or visit the Android Market to get the latest version of the app.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

Google: Google is an Internet Search company with profits mainly derived from its AdWords advertising program. Google is also known for other high-profile web-related products such as Chrome, GMail, Google Docs or Google Map, and it has also made a very successful entry into the mobile handset market with its Android mobile operating system. The company was created in 1998 and went public in 2004. Google is one of the most visited site in the world.

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