CoMaps 2026.04.23-19 finally lets you set the app language independently from your system language on Android. You can now run your phone in English while keeping CoMaps in Italian (or pick any of the fifty-plus supported languages), a feature users have been asking for that most modern apps already offer.

For those encountering CoMaps for the first time, it’s the community fork of Organic Maps, launched in 2025 after a split between the original project’s stakeholders and its developer community. The app works entirely offline, draws from OpenStreetMap data, includes no tracking or ads, operates on a non-profit basis, and is available on Google Play, the App Store, F-Droid, Flathub, and directly from the project’s Codeberg repository.

Android Auto Gets Concrete Improvements

Android Auto sees two tangible changes. First, speed limits now display during navigation, filling a gap that was noticeable in earlier versions and bringing CoMaps in line with standard navigation apps. Second, the app switches from its custom green background to system-standard colors, a cosmetic shift that helps it blend better with the rest of the Android Auto interface.

There’s also a smaller refinement that forces the app into driving mode when you connect to a car after using walking or cycling mode on your phone.

Also on Android, business hours are now expandable to show the full week at once, and the navigation panel includes a toggle to switch between next waypoint info and final destination details. A handful of voice navigation bugs are also fixed.

Other Updates

iOS gets a fix for a bug preventing you from scrolling fully through the bookmark list. The Qt-based desktop version now filters search results to your visible map area, properly sorts downloads by size, and stops crashing when viewing a point of interest with charging port information.

On the map itself, water labels in light mode have higher contrast. The Outdoor style no longer shows footpath borders at wider zoom levels, where they were cluttering more than helping. Point of interest references (like street numbers or ID codes) appear more consistently than before.

Pedestrian routing has been adjusted to reduce the tendency to route across private roads, tackling one of the recurring complaints about the algorithm inherited from Organic Maps. The built-in OpenStreetMap editor now automatically strips the mailto: prefix from email fields, keeping OSM data more consistent.

Version 2026.04.23-19 is already available as an APK from Codeberg and will reach Google Play, the App Store, F-Droid, and Flathub within days.