In a gesture placing it in direct competition with Foursquare, Gowalla, and Facebook, Google is jumps in the set of check-in with the latest version of Google Maps for Android, you can now automatically check-in to Latitude.
In a blog, the search giant said that the new version of Google Maps offer things that are not only your "typical checkins" including:
Notifications: Turn on check-in notifications in the circles of Latitude and get a notification when at a nearby location once you arrive. Never forgetting to check for new.
Automatic archiving: choose automatically check specific locations you designate, and you will be checked when you are. You can talk to friends or finish your bagel without trying with your phone.
Discover: once you leave, Latitude knows to check automatically you out of the scene so friends are not left to guess if you're still there.
You can also obtain credentials verification in Place of Google sites, you can become a "regular," "VIP" or "Guru." There is no tangible reward for this yet, but it is easy to imagine the search giant
Course, the check-in to the Google Maps feature could have certain concerns frightening privacy, if you enable automatic functionality and forget. Indeed, the search giant has admitted that its Latitude service has been activated by many people, but many simply forget about it and are not actively with it.
Thus, in order to address this issue, society gives you granularity on Latitude check-in capabilities. He says that verification is 100% opt-in and you can set the parameters so that it is not automatic - and I suggest that do you definitely.
Check-in to the Google Maps service is now available for Android devices running Android 1.6 and higher and found on the Android market. Android only for now but it Latitude iPhone users can view check ins Android and I'm sure that the feature is enabled for users of iOS soon enough.
