With August already underway, you may be ready to head off on a trip. If you’re going by car and want to use Apple Maps, we have a number of practical tips to help you get there. Leave everything ready before the tripThese are basic recommendations that will take you little time to implement and will allow you to start the route with much more peace of mind.
1. Prepare the route well in advance
Prevention is better than cure, says an old Spanish saying. So, although you won’t need to memorize the route, far from it, it is advisable to you perform a prior search for the routeThe goal is to find the one that best suits your desired trip and prevent possible delays.
When typing your destination into the Apple Maps search engine and searching for routes, you can Set the day and time you want to leave or arrive. Based on this, the application will offer you the best route taking into account roads that may have traffic jams or may even be under construction. Then, it will be a matter of choosing the fastest one, the one with the longest stretch of motorway or even the longest one if you want to pass through certain places along the way.
2. Set up stops along the way
In line with the above, you may want to stop along the way to stretch your legs, go to the bathroom or eat somethingApple Maps takes this possibility into account and allows you to add stops along the way so that, by configuring in advance how many stops you want to make, the total time is added up and you know the exact time you will arrive at your destination.
The way to program stops in Apple Maps is very simple. When setting up the route, and without having yet chosen any of the proposals, look at the top where it says the origin and destination. Below there will be a button that says Add stopClick on it and choose the place where you want to stop. You can add as many stops as you want.
3. Avoid passing through unnecessary tolls
Tolls are not bad in themselves. On certain routes they can be profitable if you save time, kilometers or simply having to climb a mountain. However, if you want to avoid all possible radarsit is convenient that you activate this function by clicking on the icon of your photo, then on preferences and finally activating the box Avoid tolls.
4. Make sure you have radar warnings
By default, Apple Maps displays the location of fixed speed cameras. If you pay attention to the screen, you will have no problem. However, if you want to be sure and Receive voice alerts when you approach a radar you should go to Settings > Maps > Voice prompts and make sure you have tabs enabled Pause audio while browsing and Listen to route directions on the radio.
5. Create guides with the places you want to visit
Improvising is always a good thing, but it is also true that it is very annoying to leave a city without having visited its most iconic places. In Apple Maps there is the possibility of creatingr guides so you don’t have to look for them when you arrivebut you have them already saved to visit whenever you want.
All you have to do is search for a specific place that you want to add, press the icon Further and then Add to guides. At that time you must choose the option New guidegive it a name and even add a photo. Then it will be a matter of keep adding more sites following the same steps, except you won’t have to create the guide anymore because it will already be ready.
Nevertheless, In the most touristic cities there are pre-established guides which can also be very useful to you. You will find them when you search for them, since among their options there is a button Guides.
6. Download offline maps
There is not always good coverage on the road and you may find yourself without an Internet connection at some point. Or you may simply run out of data on your plan. To avoid losing your route information, it is a good idea to download maps of the area to use offline in these situations.
It’s a feature that, although it took a while to arrive, landed with iOS 17 and couldn’t be easier to use. Just tap on your photo, go to Offline maps and then you give it to Download new map. You must Find a place and then zoom out to select a large area of land.
You can save as many maps as you want and, although they are stored locally on the iPhone, they hardly weigh anything. additional advice to never waste data with Apple Maps is that within the section of Offline maps activate the box Use offline maps onlyHowever, it is not advisable only if you have little data left, as this will prevent you from being informed in real time of situations such as traffic or other obstacles on the road during the route.
If you’re travelling in several cars and want other drivers to follow the same directions, carpooling is useful. However, it’s also useful if you want to send it to someone else who isn’t travelling. A good way to confirm that you arrived safely and that will only require you to, at the moment you establish the route, press the arrow and give it to Share arrival.