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 use OpenStreetMap Nominatim with a Google Geocoding fallback through Promptbox. Successful OpenStreetMap results are cached privately for seven days; Google fallback results are not stored. Obvious spelling corrections, established missing geographic context and precise unique addresses continue automatically. Ambiguous, partial or approximate matches use a selection dialog. Recovery can try up to two corrected queries while preserving supplied numbers. Business names and stop queries go to Google Places through Promptbox. POI ratings and reviews go to the Promptbox language helper for an AI summary. If Google supplies neither a rating nor reviews, a web search supplies evidence; web ratings are labeled separately. Unknown ratings remain unavailable. Coordinates are sent through Promptbox to OSRM for driving estimates. Google Maps previews use a hosted Promptbox frame and Google Place IDs for named endpoints, or coordinates for other locations. 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. Speech recognition stays on this iPhone; recorded audio is never uploaded by this app. Your transcribed words or typed request, current destination, manual starting address, selected stop, and whether saved presets are available are sent to Promptbox’s LLM helper and its AI provider for interpretation. Saved presets are resolved on-device; street addresses use Nominatim with Google fallback while business names use Places. Endpoint queries and provider candidates also go to the LLM helper for verified matching and corrections. Review results stay in memory for ten minutes and are not saved to device storage. Apple Maps receives the selected stop when you tap Navigate. Temporary recordings are deleted after processing or cancellation. No analytics or advertising SDK is included. The microphone closes after 60 seconds of inactivity; close it immediately in Settings. 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.