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Google have recently announced an update to their location aware mobile app, Google Maps. In the updated version – Google Maps 5.5, Google has added check-in and rate and review buttons to its Place pages. Now able to edit home or office location with Google Maps 5.5 In a blog post by Google, the features of Google Maps 5.5 are in the Places page we find a button for check-ins, when a person checks in to a place they can make it easier to stay in touch with their friends and family by making it easy to share where they are. The Location History dashboard was a new implementation for Google Maps which was released last month. Google Maps 5.5 is available for all Android devices running version OS 1.6 and above.

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