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As aggressive as Google has been about pushing updates to [Google Maps](http://www.engadget.com/tag/googlemaps,android/) for Android, large swaths of those additions have been unavailable to third-party app developers. They're now on a more level playing field now that a version 2.0 Maps API is rolling out the door. The revamp is more accommodating of tablets and other big-screen gear through support for [Android Fragments](http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/04/google-shows-off-fragments-api-for-android-3-0/); many of Maps' more advanced information layers, such as [indoor maps](http://www.engadget.com/tag/googlemaps,indoor/), are likewise exposed to those who don't work at a Google campus. The additions are already finding their way into apps from Trulia and a handful of others, but every other mobile developer with a cartographic bent can hit the source to upgrade their handiwork.
[Continue reading _Google Maps Android API 2.0 lets developers tune apps for tablets, head indoors (video)_](http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/03/google-maps-android-api-2-0-lets-developers-tune-apps-for-tablets/)
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Tablets](http://www.engadget.com/category/tablets/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/), [Google](http://www.engadget.com/category/google/)
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**Via:** [Lat-Long Blog](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/12/better-maps-in-your-android-apps.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/SbSV+(Google+LatLong))
**Source:** [Google Developers](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/03/google-maps-android-api-2-0-lets-developers-tune-apps-for-tablets/
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