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Introducing Here WeGo

Here, the location cloud company, has introduced its mobile trip companion Here WeGo, designed to simplify urban mobility by making it on-demand, personal and stress-free. Centred around route planning and giving directions, Here WeGo covers the user’s journey from start to finish, including parking suggestions and walking directions for the last mile. Its features include voice-guided, turn-by-turn drive and pedestrian navigation for more than 130 countries, with or without an internet connection. It a
July 28, 2016 Read time: 1 min
7643 Here, the location cloud company, has introduced its mobile trip companion Here WeGo, designed to simplify urban mobility by making it on-demand, personal and stress-free.

Centred around route planning and giving directions, Here WeGo covers the user’s journey from start to finish, including parking suggestions and walking directions for the last mile. Its features include voice-guided, turn-by-turn drive and pedestrian navigation for more than 130 countries, with or without an internet connection. It also includes public transport information for more than 1,200 cities around the world, bike routing and car-sharing options, starting with Car2Go integration.

Information on nearby taxi stands and car parks is also available, as well as one-step comparison for different options to get around the city, cost and travel time estimates, live traffic in 55 countries. Maps for more than 150 countries are available to download and use offline for greater reliability.

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