Telenav’s Scout GPS navigation app goes social with real-time location sharing, group chat and more

Nov14

by Sindy Cator on November 14, 2014 at 1:33 pm

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Earlier this year, navigation company Telenav announced that its US-focused mobile Scout app was switching to OpenStreetMap from TomTom for all its mapping data. And today, Scout is being given a slew of nifty new features with a focus firmly on social. Scout will now offer real-time location and ETA sharing with third-parties, so you can see exactly where you and others are on a route. This is actually similar to a Glympse integration Nokia recently introduced for its own HERE maps for Android. Elsewhere, Scout is pushing out into the broader event meet-up realm with pretty powerful social features…