New update! (4.0.7)

[Corjan Meijerink]

Good morning everyone!

The highlight of november! A new update is being prepared for you
It will be available next week!

We recently updated the website to support truck & EV mode, this app update is focused to mainly support those website changes. That said, there are still quite some nice other changes / improvements!

Support for truck / ev

Enter your vehicle dimensions for truck / ev!
Choose any of the now 7 available modes to use the app how you like!

Note:

• Navigation is only available for vehicles that aren't a bike or your own legs
• Generating routes is not possible for big vehicles (motorhomes / trucks)

New avoid options

As in the website, the app now has more avoid options!

When creating an (AB) fastest route, you can now also avoid environmental zones This is of great use when driving vehicles that aren't allowed to enter these. If you avoid environmental zones, they are also indicated on the map.

Previously you could not avoid unpaved (dirt) roads when creating curvy / scenic routes and roundtours. Now you can allow / avoid these!

Automatic EV stops

The app takes your EV parameters into account and will adjust your route to automatically stop at a charging station. These stops are indicated on the map!

Tapping the displayed POI will show the name of the charging station. As I configured my EV to only allow Tesla chargers, you see that the planned stop is a Tesla supercharger. Long pressing the POI will force add this as a stop to your route. You don't have to do so as the app will continuously suggest efficient charging stations based on your route / entered battery parameters

When configuring your EV vehicle, you can also ensure that the app prevents you running out of charge. If this is enabled and you are driving somewhere remotely / your ev parameters are not configured properly, you might not get any valid routes.

Nearby fuel / ev stops

If you are driving in EV mode, the suggested / nearby fuel stops are changed into charging stations You also can't search for a quick fuel station but you can for a charging station.

Warnings

The warnings have been expanded!
If the app has no possibility than to send you over an avoided road this will now be indicated on the map. When tapping the warning, you will get more information about this violation.

When approaching the violated road, you will also see a warning.
This is especially useful for trucks. They will most likely encounter such violations. However, if you hate unpaved roads and avoid these but there is no other option than to take a gravel road, you will also see such a warning

Bluetooth controllers

• Support for Carpe Iter BT controllers (Adventure & BMW) https://forum.myrouteapp.com/topic/5793/carpe-iter-integration
• Support for alternative SilverFox firmware
• Prevent app crash when long pressing certain BT controller buttons

Portugese

Another language! Just for the app.
We welcome our Portugese users in their own language

If you have any feedback on certain word choices, please do reach out.

US Imperial

When selecting the new US imperial unit from https://www.myrouteapp.com/account the app will show miles & feet rather than miles & yards!

Android audio stability
There was an issue encountered by some users that the music wouldn't continue after receiving a speed (camera) warning. Very annoying

This has been solved! Besides that, overall stability has been improved limiting the chance that you wouldn't hear any voice instructions at all.

Minor changes

• When selecting a new voice from the app, your language will be displayed on top.
• Newest HERE SDK 4.16.3 (no existing issues have been fixed)
• Offline map updates are available again
• Prevent speedlimit 0 warning being displayed in CarPlay / Android Auto

What's next?

Most of our time is dedicated to major stability updates to the app itself and CarPlay / Android Auto!

Cheers,
Corjan