Make sure you unmute guidance audio to receive clear directions while walking. Adjust guidance volume to hear directions better with street noise. Enable detailed voice guidance and Live View for more ...

Occasionally, I will travel to Boston, where it is much easier to get around by foot than by car. Apple's default Maps application will provide you with walking directions, but you have to switch from ...

One of Google's coolest apps, by far, has yet to see the light of day for most users. I'm talking about Maps' live AR walking directions-- now known as Live View -- that shows you via a Pokémon-like ...

The Maps app in iOS 7 on iPhone or iPad defaults to giving directions for drivers, but many people who don’t drive or who live in large cities where they almost always walk, will prefer walking ...

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July 22, 2008 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Google Maps wants to help you get where you're going on foot with a new option to switch your step-by-step driving ...

The perfect scenario for Google’s new Visual Position System, or VPS, is one you’ve probably been in already: Emerging from a subway station in a strange city. You’ve got your route planned out on ...

June 2, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Not everyone needs driving directions all the time, so it's nice that TUAW reminds us that if you prefer walking ...

Apple Maps AR walking directions allow you to navigate select cities like never before. Apple Maps (the app and service) are a decade old now. The service got off to a very rocky start, but in recent ...