
I know there's one new feature in the Maps app that you want to hear about... turn by turn directions. Well it's there, it's kind of awesome, but there's one bit of bad news. The voice prompts do not play automatically as you navigate! I know it's ridiculous and stupid, but here's how it works. Start the directions like you normally would from any location. It will show a small map and the list of directions. Tap the screen once anywhere and it will speak your instructions for the first turn... or sometimes the first few turns if they are within close range. As you drive, a small confirmation sound will play every time you make a correct turn. If you make a wrong turn it will make a different sound and tell you that if you want to calculate a new route, tap the screen. Also while you're driving, whenever you want to hear voice instructions for the next turn, just tap the screen anywhere. At first I thought that would really suck, but you don't have to tap a specific area of the screen to hear the voice instructions. Just tap anywhere, you don't have to look at it. So in real life, it's actually not bad at all. I can be driving along and if I know where I'm going I just have to listen for the confirmation sound that tells me I made the correct turn. But if I'm thinking to myself, "Where do I go next?" all I have to do is touch the screen (without taking my eyes off the road), and it will tell me. That's actually kind of nice because I'm not constantly being interrupted <b>...</b>
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