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Here apps for Windows Phone get updates, 18 more countries with navigation

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The Here suite of apps for Windows Phone has been updated today. All of the apps have new versions waiting to be downloaded and installed, but perhaps the biggest changes are brought to the Here Drive+ app. It now supports voice-guided navigation in 18 more countries or territories.

These are Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Iraq, Libya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nepal, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This brings the total number of countries and territories in which voice-guided directions are available to 118.

There’s a caveat, however. Not all of the roads in Angola, Bangladesh, Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have been mapped yet.

Here Maps, Here Transit, and Here City Lens for Windows Phone have received some performance enhancements and stability improvements too. Here Maps for Windows 8.1 will soon be updated as well. Here Transit and Here Drive+ have now become free for those still using Windows Phone 8.0, in addition to persons using Windows Phone 8.1.

The new apps bring with them support for the new Here account, which will keep your Collections in sync across Here-powered devices and Here.com. The Here accounts will replace the Nokia accounts, since those will soon be discontinued. Don’t worry, though, for you can move your Collections from your Nokia account to a new Here account.

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