While we still wait for newer products like Play Movies or Play Books to reach a wider audience, Google's been hard at work bringing a slightly more useful product to additional countries: Google Maps with Navigation. After bringing voice navigation to India, nine more new countries are being added to the supported list for the Navigation beta. Including the following:
- Egypt
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Bahrain
- Jordan
- Algeria
![nav[3] nav[3]](https://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/nexusae0_nav3_thumb.jpg)
Unfortunately, the service will require Android 4.0 or higher. This is likely due to Arabic script API incompatibilities with older versions. Though, it's a little unclear on just when all the necessary features would've been added (for example, bi-directional text was only added in Jelly Bean).
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