Why is Google map navigation not available FR255

Why is Google Navigation, which can be downloaded from the Connect IQ store, not available for the Forerunner 255?

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randomUser 4 days ago +4

because garmin is greedy
6125703 3 days ago +1

Yeah, it seems pretty arbitrary that it supports the FR955 and not FR255.

As far as I know, the two devices listed the same kinds of CIQ app memory capacity, last time I saw the spec details.
6125703 3 days ago +1

Following up my own question... the most likely reason I can figure is that they are only supporting devices with the newer Vector Font feature in the Garmin Toybox.Graphics API.

Even though I find it…

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0 6125703 3 days ago

Following up my own question... the most likely reason I can figure is that they are only supporting devices with the newer Vector Font feature in the Garmin Toybox.Graphics API.

Even though I find it absurd, it seems the kind of thing I'd expect out of Google.

And, I can't help wonder if the lack of vector fonts on FR255 goes back to the "Garmin is greedy" answer above. Did they really use a different system on chip that lacks something here for FR255, or just decide to ignore it for product segmentation?