MapQuest iPhone App Gets Voice Guidance

MapQuest has updated their iPhone application with Voice Guidance and Off-Route Assistance.

MapQuest 4 Mobile brings over a decade of digital mapping experience to your iPhone with unique features to help you get where you're going. Try Voice-Guidance, our latest addition to Driving Directions, for a more hands-free experience!

FEATURES:
- NEW! Voice-Guidance speaks to you and informs you of upcoming turns. Change the settings if you prefer a sound prompt.
- NEW! Off-Route Assistance tells you when you've taken a wrong turn, and gives options to help you get back on track.
- Auto-Advance Feature improves "Find Me" by using iPhone GPS to automatically locate you within your driving directions, recognize when you have taken a turn, and prepare you with the next maneuver - all without having to touch the screen.
- Energy savings mode allows you to set the power consumption level for MapQuest 4 Mobile - NOW with a medium setting for continued voice guidance when the screen dims!
- Walking directions (pedestrian mode)
- Highly usable driving directions featuring an oversized display as well as landscape mode orientation.
- Save Maps and Routes on MapQuest.com and retrieve on your iPhone.
- MapQuest place carousel allows you to easily display locations for hotels, movie theatres, gas stations, and more with a single tap.
- Negotiate difficult turns/sets of turns with orientation arrows when viewing directions in map mode.
- Free-form search for businesses and places.
- Make your own my position icon representing You on the map. Use the built in camera or choose from a variety of existing icons.


What's New In This Version:
- Voice Guidance
- Off-Route Assistance
- Twin Tap to Zoom out
- Additional Energy Saving Modes available in Settings
- Bug Fixes

You can download MapQuest 4 Mobile from the App Store for free.

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