Other route settings

Yandex Maps can give you directions and hints even when the app is running in the background or your device screen is off. This means you can use it in the background when traveling by car, scooter, bicycle, or on foot. To enable background navigation:

1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
3. Turn Background navigation on or off.

Background navigation doesn't work on my device

1. Open your device settings.
2. In the list of apps, select Yandex Maps.
3. Tap Notifications.
4. Enable Background navigation.

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

The cursor marks your location on the map when moving along a route and in Navigator mode. By default, it looks like this: .

While driving, turn and traffic lane hints appear on the map along the route. To pin them to the corner of the screen:

1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
3. Enable Show turn hints in the corner of the screen.

To lock the map's orientation to always point north up while en route:

1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
3. Enable the North is always up option.

You can enable detailed rendering of road markings and lanes on the map. These details are displayed when you move along a route or drive in Navigator mode.

To enable the option:

This is what the detailed roads look like

To enable or disable automatic map scaling while traveling along a route:

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

This is what alternative routes look like

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. Yandex Maps keeps showing faster routes along the way even if you turn off the Alternative routes option.

To plot routes avoiding or including toll roads:

1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
3. Turn the Avoid toll roads option on or off.

To plot routes avoiding or including bad and unpaved roads:

1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
3. Turn the Avoid bad and unpaved roads option on or off.

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