The feature scope of the Maps update was increased but is now ready to enter QA testing.
The Google API changes come into effect on July 16, and we are working hard to get 1.5 out in time for clients to update their sites and use Azure maps instead. We are targeting next Wednesday as the likely release date.
I checked with the developers, the release version (from which a beta could be produced) wouldn't be ready before sometime Monday or possibly even Tuesday, QA testing should proceed pretty quickly to go to a final release on Wednesday.