BearingsDon't just go places. Understand them.
Bearings is an audio guide for the place you're actually standing in. Walk or drive anywhere and hear what happened here, who lived here, and why the street has that name. No route to follow, no checklist to finish.
Free to start. Every new account includes 90 minutes of narration, with no subscription and no card. iPhone, iOS 17 or later.
How it works
Three things, then put the phone away.
1
Say what you're curious about
History, architecture, music, food, sports, local legends, or anything you type in yourself. Two people walking the same street hear different things.
2
Start walking or driving
Bearings follows where you are and speaks up when something nearby is worth knowing about. It keeps talking with the phone locked and in your pocket.
3
Ask about what you see
Something catches your eye? Ask in plain language and get an answer about the thing in front of you, not a search result.
What it sounds like
Off to the side, about 600 feet out, there's a church that quietly gave the whole neighborhood its name. Marylebone is really just a squashed-together version of “St Mary by the bourne,” the little stream that used to run past it. Heard on a walk through London
Themes
See one place through a single lens.
Explore London through the Beatles, Rome through the ancient world, a mountain road through its geology. Bearings suggests themes that actually fit where you are, plots the related places across the whole city, and you can always type your own.
Get your bearings.
Free to start, and it works the first time you walk out the door.