What's new in MyWay

A fresh Liquid Glass look

We rebuilt MyWay around Apple's new design language: fewer frames, more city. The map now fills the screen and everything else floats above it on clear glass.

• The map runs edge to edge, under the status bar and the tab bar. The title, explored area, layers and walk buttons float above it.
• Clearer and livelier glass: map colours show through, the rim catches the light, and buttons give a little under your finger.
• A glass lens sits under the selected tab and flows to the next one. Sheets float in from the screen edges.
• Your position now sits in the middle of the visible map, not behind the walk card.
• Settings, Places, Leaderboard, History and backup are regrouped with coloured icons and a summary at the top.
• iPhone only: a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, the “Your map” widget, and Siri — “Start a walk in MyWay”.
• Share a walk as a picture of your route and discoveries; the start and end stay hidden.
• MyWay now tells you when a new version is available.

The Places tab

• Sights you walk past are collected automatically, including from past walks. Progress for Riga, Jūrmala, Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca, and three new badges.
• MyWay notices places you keep coming back to — home, work, a favourite café — and offers to save them, with visits and time spent.
• Your places stay on your phone.

Stories behind places

• Tap a sight to read a description from OpenStreetMap or Wikipedia, with a link to the source.
• Expand longer descriptions and reread loaded text offline.
• Descriptions follow your app language when available.

Sights on the map

• Museums, monuments, historic places and viewpoints on the map in Latvia and Cyprus.
• Green-and-gold enamel icons on the map and in place cards.
• Springing markers, animated badges and lively results.
• Record walks on your watch — Apple Watch and Wear OS.

Steps and badges

• Steps today and during your walks.
• Badges for discoveries and a celebration for new streets.
• Optional usage statistics: off by default; routes and steps are never sent.

Explorer leaderboard

• An optional leaderboard of explored area under a nickname you choose. Rename or leave at any time.
• The map opens faster at your last position.

First release

• Walk, and the streets you pass emerge from the fog on your personal city map.
• Walk and run history on your phone, with optional background exploration.
• On iPhone: 15- or 30-minute routes through streets you have not explored.