These Siri Tips Can Help Keep You Off Your Phone While Driving – SlashGear

You can ask Siri a number of questions that could be helpful in planning your next car trip, such as “What’s the weather outside?” or “How’s the traffic around downtown Las Vegas?” However, the main reason for needing to access your iPhone while driving is to look at a map and make sure you’re going the right way. 

The best way to use a map on your iPhone is to launch it before you start driving, plug in your destination address, and begin navigation. Remember to ensure that your map app’s navigation assistant is not on mute so upcoming turns are announced, and you can essentially follow directions without having to glance at the phone screen too often.

You can also utilize Siri and ask for recommendations. After uttering “Hey Siri,” you can try asking the virtual assistant to find places in a number of ways:

• “… Where’s a great place to get coffee?”
• “… Where’s the closest gas station?”
• “… What time does Target close?”

If you are not a fan of Apple Maps, you can ask Siri to look up how to get to a certain location using a different navigation app with CarPlay compatibility by saying something like, “Hey Siri…give me directions to McDonald’s using Google Maps.” If you are looking up an establishment that has various locations, this command should prompt Siri to give you several alternatives to choose from before showing you the way there.