An upcoming tweak available only to those who have jailbroken iDevices will allow for turn-by-turn voice navigation directly through the native iOS Maps app. iOS users have had to turn to (mostly quite expensive) third-party apps if they wanted this feature, while iOS competitors such as Android have had this feature built-in for quite a while now.

According to a recent report, a new Apple job listing is looking for an iPhone software engineer to help the current Maps team improve the iPhone’s built-in Maps application. Such a job listing is rather unusual for Apple, and hints at competition. Google has become a leader in the mapping sector, which has even been an essential component of the iPhone Maps application to date.

MacRumors has gotten word that the newest version of the beta for iPhone firmware 2.2 contains more than just bug fixes. The update was marked as “compatibility testing,” and we’re finally finding out just what Apple is testing the compatibility of.

Check out the new features after the break.