Google’s Nexus One Updates for Multitouch Functionality

You thought multitouch support is only for Apple devices? Well multitouch support is officially coming to Google’s Nexus One Android phone. This functionality, along with several other tweaks and improvements, will be arriving on the next update for the Nexus One.

The Nexus One’s multitouch functions will bring multitouch-driven pinch-to-zoom functionality throughout the phone’s interface. According to Google, multitouch will be available in the phone’s stock browser, photo gallery, and Google Maps applications.

With this functionality included in the next update, you can scratch one weakness of the Nexus One and other Android phones. Of course, apps that would be capable of this function would, at first, be apps from Google. As mentioned, the phone’s stock browser, photo gallery, and Google Maps applications will be the first to support it.

In addition to the multitouch addition, the Nexus One update will provide a fix for the 3G connectivity problems some users have been reporting. It will also include a preinstalled version of the Google Goggles Android application as well as an updated version of the Google Maps app.

Google Maps 3.4 will allow you to synchronize favorites between your phone and PC, search suggestions from your Web-based Google Maps history, and take advantage of a new night mode for Google Maps Navigation. The night mode automatically adjusts your screen for optimal viewing during nighttime hours.