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•  Offline navigation: you get interactive maps and turn-by-turn voice guidance evenwithout an internet connection. You can download and use offline maps for nearly 100 countries.
•  Nokia HERE Maps brings public transport maps and directions for over 800 cities in over 40 countries, also available offline
•  Live traffic info for more than 40 countries
• The ability to share your location with family and friends in real time as you go via Glympse which is private and secure

Download and settings

Now it�s time to back-up a little, though. We�re in danger of missing out on one of the major advantages of HERE for Android: offline navigation.If you download the maps you use most often to your phone, then there are two massive benefits:

• The whole app moves faster. Panning from where you are now to somewhere miles away happens in a moment, not minutes.
• You don�t need to be online (d�oh!). You can move round the map, find places, plan routes and navigate, all without any mobile data use. There are some advantages to being online, though � you�ll get current information about traffic congestion, for example, and can view satellite maps � but the number one priority is getting you wherever you need to be and that�s all possible while you�re entirely offline.

So go to the main menu at the top left and choose �Download Maps�. Then navigate to your country and, maybe, others you visit or plan to visit soon. Individual country maps are fairly small because they�re vector-based, though the downloadable map packs also contains a wealth of extra information like street and venue names.

There are more things to download in the Settings menu, notably the voice files you can use for guided navigation. But more on those in our next article about HERE for Android. For now, one last tip that falls into the �basics� category.