Nokia has finally decided to bring the popular Here Maps to Android users, although its presently exclusive to Samsung Galaxy Smartphones. You might want to know that Nokia did not sell the map service to Microsoft.
Some of the strongest and most notable features, and my favourite, of Nokia’s HERE Maps is that it supports offline navigation thanks to your device’s in-built GPS. This allows you to explore the map and navigate yourself to a desired location without an Internet connection, and Nokia touts that you can use all features of HERE Maps on Android while being offline. 
The app will allow you to download detailed maps of various areas, regions, or even countries (more than 200 are available for download as of now). Said maps are kept on your device and pave the way for fast access. More than 100 of the maps in question allow you to make full use of turn-by-turn navigation, while 40 of the maps will provide you with traffic information (we suppose that this feature won’t work offline, though). HERE Maps will work in a seamless concert with Glympse, too.
Nokia says that it is planning to endow the HERE Maps app with “more great features in the following months”, however, there is no word when the app will be available for more Android devices. Nokia’s HERE Maps will be available for supported Samsung smartphones and smartwatches for free once the recently-unveiled Samsung Gear S hits the shelves, which is scheduled for October.
PhoneArena
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