BobaOnTheWay
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Where are you headed?

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Make a stop for…

Trip settings

by Promptbox
Saved destinations

Saved on this device. Tap a preset to use it as your destination.

For route searches, hide stops closer than this driving time, including favorites. Near me ignores this setting. Choose 0 minutes to show them all. Applies to your next search.

A stop may leave this much more driving time to your destination than the original direct trip. Your maximum total extra driving limit still applies.

Microphone off
Support

Voice transcription sends each recording once; try again manually if it fails. Destination lookup may try up to two distinct spelling/context variations after no credible match; each address query uses at most two providers. Review lookups are sent once. Neither repeats failed calls automatically. Driving routes and detour comparisons go through Promptbox and are sent once, with a short timeout. Other failed service requests retry once automatically. Errors identify the service and its reported reason.

For help, visit Promptbox. Allow location and microphone access in your browser’s site settings when prompted. You can also type a destination and choose a stop, or enter a starting address manually.

Voice starts when you press Hold to Talk. After granting microphone access, hold the button again if your first press has ended. Turn Hold to Talk off to hide the voice controls and close the microphone. Places, routes and AI interpretation require internet access.

Privacy & how it works

Hold to Talk accepts nearby requests such as “find Chinese restaurants near me” or “find milk tea nearby”, without a destination. AI can misunderstand requests or return incorrect information. Check the destination, selected stop, route and opening hours before travelling. Tea shops are assumed to offer bubble tea; menus are not verified.

Near me searches your selected stop around your current location within 10 km, lists favorites first then nearest by straight-line distance, and ignores destination and driving-time settings. It provides place details and a place map without directions. Home and Work remain saved destinations. For route searches, we search at up to five points along your driving route, compare up to 20 nearby non-favorites plus matching favorite locations, and list matching stops by least extra driving time within your detour limit. Stops closer than your minimum drive time are hidden, including favorites; 0 minutes disables this filter for route searches. Open a place to view details; swipe or use the arrows to browse. Results are a sampled search, not every business along the road. Non-favorite stops must lie ahead along the planned route, within 1 km of it (closer near the start), and fit the extra-time allowance set in Settings (5 minutes by default). They do not have to leave less driving distance to the destination. This uses your location when you search; search again after moving. Street access may still require turns.

Permanently closed places are excluded. Favorite brands bypass Only places open now; closed favorites appear in gray. Favorites use twice both extra-driving limits and are compared by driving time instead of the narrow route corridor. Brand matching uses the saved name across locations. Manage favorite brands in Edit favorites; they are stored only on this device. “Open now” is not a promise that a place will be open when you arrive. Hours may change on holidays.

Submitted street addresses go to OpenStreetMap Nominatim first, then Google Geocoding if no usable match is found or the first service is unavailable. OpenStreetMap matches are cached privately for seven days; Google fallback results are not stored. Precise unique matches continue automatically; ambiguous, partial and approximate matches require selection. Include a house number and city; check the matched address before travelling. Business names and stop queries go to Google Places through Promptbox. Ratings and customer reviews are sent to the Promptbox language helper for an AI summary. If Google has no rating or reviews, a web search supplies evidence; web ratings are labeled separately. AI summaries can be incomplete. No verified evidence means no invented score. Coordinates are sent through Promptbox to OSRM for driving estimates. Google Maps previews use Google Place IDs for named places and coordinates for other endpoints. Your settings, saved destinations, destination text, chosen stop, custom POI text and manual starting address stay on this device for next time. Location coordinates and search results are not saved. Typed trip requests and saved destination context are sent to the Promptbox language helper for interpretation. Voice recordings are sent to the Promptbox transcribe helper, then the resulting text and saved destination context are sent to the Promptbox language helper for trip interpretation. Recordings and transcripts are not saved by this app. Voice processing uses online services, not on-device AI. Turning Hold to Talk off cancels pending voice processing and closes the microphone. The microphone closes after 60 seconds of inactivity; close it immediately above. Web checks use Promptbox web search.

Google privacy policy · Google Maps terms

Public routing coverage and availability vary. If a route or business is unavailable, the app will say so.

Boba OnTheWay · Version 1.13.1

Favorite brands

Saved on this device for all locations of each brand. Matching favorites appear first, even when closed, with twice your extra-driving allowances.

Choose your address

Tell us where you’re headed