The battle in the field of navigation is increasingly fierce and, although Google Maps continues to dominate this world and Waze follows closely, there is no doubt that the alternatives are significantly improving these days. And one of them is Sygic GPS Navigation, available for iOS and Android.
For a long time Sygic has been a navigation application whose innovative characteristics called the attention of users around the world, including driving warnings in the opposite direction and the integration of the board of the board or an increasingly precise navigation thanks to its “partners”.
One of the latest improvements in this field has to do with its work together with the What3words company. This has developed a technology that allows users Select a location on a map and ask the navigation software to direct us precisely to that location.
The technology works by dividing the planet into 3 meters square, giving each square a unique direction formed by three random words (hence its name). This means that You can touch any point on the map and get a random address, but unique. The interesting thing is also that, despite the fact that the address is unique, we can share it with any other person online.
Thanks to the integration of What3words in Sygic software, users can now direct navigation specifically to a location using the three random words. Sygic GPS Navigation Allows you to enter the three words directly into the destination field in your interfaceso you can configure navigation and get instructions in seconds.
After defining the destination using the What3words address, Sygic GPS Navigation looks for instructions to reach the selected destination and offer step -by -step instructions to the address. It is true that Google Maps also offers similar capabilities through what are called plus codes, But it doesn’t always work with the same precision as Sygic.
Other functions equally interesting of Sygic is that it allows to program the reposses on the route (gasoline or electric) taking into account not only the route, but also the time of arrival, the speed, the traffic and even the price of each gas station. You can also give us an exit time alert, taking into account what time we want to arrive.
More capabilities? Sygic includes downloadable 3D maps, identification of security cameras, signal recognition, map download and even has an option of head-up display. This basically consists of Activate the map to project the images on the front windshield. The function is very useful when we drive at night and adapt what is projected on the screen so that, what we see, be in the right address.
The least graceful part is that it is about A payment application: 16 euros per year is what costs. At least they have a free one -week test to evaluate it.