Set up hints on the route

  1. Enable background navigation
  2. Enable detailed roads
  3. Alternative routes

Enable background navigation

Yandex Navigator can run in the background, giving you directions and hints even when the app is collapsed or your device screen is off. To enable background navigation:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable Background navigation.
Background navigation doesn't work on my device
  1. Open your device settings.
  2. In the app list, select Yandex Navigator.
  3. Tap Notifications.
  4. Enable Background navigation.

To receive notifications when the app is hidden, enable Background navigation instructions.

Background navigation instructions

Note. This feature is only available on Android devices.

Turn notifications can be displayed when the app is in the background. To enable background navigation instructions:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable Background navigation instructions.
Background navigation instructions don't work
Note. The instructions may vary depending on your Android version and device model.
  1. Open your device settings.
  2. In the app list, select Yandex Navigator.
  3. Tap Notifications.
  4. Enable Background navigation instructions.

Enable detailed roads

Restriction. This setting is available in Dubai, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ufa, and the central districts of Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, and Nizhniy Novgorod.

You can enable detailed rendering of road markings and lanes on the map. The detailed road is displayed when you follow a route.

To enable the option:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable the Detailed roads option.
What detailed roads look like

Alternative routes

Yandex Navigator can suggest alternative routes that may have the same travel time.

To see alternative routes to your selected map point:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable Alternative routes.

This setting doesn't affect the display of faster routes. When following a route, Yandex Navigator will continue to show faster routes even if the Alternative routes option is enabled.