Google's on a roll today with app updates; first it was the new Google Voice featuring not one, but two widgets, and now they're rolling out a new version of Google Maps which promises to teach us to "walk this way."

The update includes a feature called "Walking Navigation," which is essentially turn-by-turn navigation, only for pedestrians and not drivers. It is now able to:

• provide up-to-the minute walking directions to from where you stand now to your destination, complete with blue and white arrows to indicate where you stand and where you should go
• provide more direct routes
• offer voice guidance (which can be turned off)
• a map that rotates as you rotate
• turn on satellite imagery by default
• vibrate your phone when you need to make a turn

Revolutionary it may not be, but it's certainly an improvement over the feature it replaces, "Walking Directions."

Also new is the Google Maps search bar, which allows you to:

• start searching for a place
• open Places
• use the Layers menu
• find yourself on the map with My Location
• filter search results by distance or ratings
• view prices categorized by dollar signs
• see cross streets for places

In one final change, Google's gone and revamped Street View.