Google has announced an update to its popular Google Maps for Android, bringing the app to version 6.5. The update adds a redesigned navigation home screen, crisper look on devices that have a higher pixel density, a faster experience, and more. The Maps team also announced some pretty interesting statistics about the app’s all-time usage.

Continuing to improve the Kindle Fire, Amazon has announced this evening a new update to the 7-inch tablet. Version 6.3 has just begun being pushed to devices and will arrive over-the-air shortly. The update adds an array of bug fixes, along with the ability to easily share favorite passages and notes from your books directly from Kindle Fire, without even leaving the Kindle app. Version 6.3 also features a few more updates.

Owners of the HSPA+ version of the Galaxy Nexus, GSM Nexus S, and Xoom Wi-Fi should be noticing Android 4.0.4 hitting their devices sometime this evening. The update, which just began rolling out earlier this afternoon, brings stability improvements, better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, improved phone number recognition, and more. Google announced the update on their Google Plus page, earlier this afternoon.

Evernote is by far one of the best productivity apps in the Market Play Store, and even though they’ve won numerous awards, they’re continually looking for ways to improve. That’s why their latest update isn’t just your run-of-the-mill bug fixer and includes quite a few new features.

ASUS took to Facebook yesterday to tease an impending update for the Transformer Prime. According to them, the firmware update will have some “awesome new features,” and I have to say, they have me biting my fingernails in anticipation.