Could anyone recommend a free Satnav for Android?

RumRat

Bronvahl said:

peter021072 said:

5 years ago my cousin gave me his old stand alone TomTom sat nav, which is OK except the battery needs charging for 5 minutes before it boots up, and the screen needs a hard tap to work, so I was wondering if there was a cheap free satnav available for my Android phone.  Since I don't travel much it could be basic, just directions for locations in the UK.

You have two choices, a mobile app like WAZE, just be aware that this thing will track your location within your house and feed you toilet roll ads if you go to the loo.  Google would never have dared create such invasive geo fencing so they bought Waze and paid around a billion for it despite having their own app.

Waze is OK if you just set it to only have access to location when using the app, I go a step further and have it set to NEVER and I reboot my phone after use. 

The easier choice is to use freecycle, there are loads of people with old sat nav devices sitting in a drawer somewhere.

If you are tech minded you can swap out the battery.

I'm not sure why anybody would not have it set to location only while using the app! If you have it set to never use your location it's pointless....Just uninstall it and give your paranoia a well deserved rest. 😉😂😂
I've never seen a single ad served up by or for using Waze. 

Frozen_up_north

RumRat said:

I've never seen a single ad served up by or for using Waze. 

Neither have I and I use it all the time, even when not needing it for navigation.

chrisw

If you want to try the TomTom Go app, there is currently an offer on for 12 months free subscription. Make sure you cancel the auto renewal after registration. (I've tried it but found it a bit disappointing compared to the old stand alone satnavs).

https://www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4557881

EnPointe

peter021072 said:

5 years ago my cousin gave me his old stand alone TomTom sat nav, which is OK except the battery needs charging for 5 minutes before it boots up, and the screen needs a hard tap to work, so I was wondering if there was a cheap free satnav available for my Android phone.  Since I don't travel much it could be basic, just directions for locations in the UK.

Google maps  has  navigation  functions  built in,
Waze is free  to download and use 

Vitor

Worth checking Waze (and other apps) don't have permission to access microphone - unless you want to give voice instruction to the app, of course.

RumRat

Vitor said:

Worth checking Waze (and other apps) don't have permission to access microphone - unless you want to give voice instruction to the app, of course.

Why?......

Vitor

Because of The Man.

RumRat

Vitor said:

Because of The Man.

....Or Woman!!??  😂😂

EnPointe

RumRat said:

Vitor said:

Worth checking Waze (and other apps) don't have permission to access microphone - unless you want to give voice instruction to the app, of course.

Why?......

fantasy that  tech 'listens' and feeds  ads based on the 'listening ' 

RumRat

EnPointe said:

RumRat said:

Vitor said:

Worth checking Waze (and other apps) don't have permission to access microphone - unless you want to give voice instruction to the app, of course.

Why?......

fantasy that  tech 'listens' and feeds  ads based on the 'listening ' 

I wasn't being serious......So much paranoia around eh? 😉