Auto Robot CoPilot: user guide#

Version 1.3.7 for Android and iPhone version (coming soon to the App Store), October 2026

The examples and screens in this guide are set in Milan and are for illustration only (recreations of the screen); the test figures come from real test drives.

💡 Your ideas count. This is a test version: if you have an idea, a proposal or something is missing, write to us from the app, Settings → Help → 💡 Suggest an improvement; for bugs use 🐞 Report a problem. Type or dictate with the microphone, tap Send and the message goes straight to the developer, no email needed. We read everything and the best ideas make it into the next versions.

1. What it is#

🚦 In one sentence: Auto Robot CoPilot recognises your routes by itself and warns you about roadworks, delays and speed cameras based on the direction you're heading, automatically, without setting a route.

🚗🏍️ For cars and motorbikes. The first time you open it, you choose Car, Motorbike or Both: each has its own profile. In the car the map is always visible and the voice turns the music down; on the motorbike you get vibration, beep and voice alerts from your phone, a radar view you can read at a glance and glove mode with big buttons. If you use both, you switch between them with one tap.

Auto Robot CoPilot is an app for cars and motorbikes that tells you out loud what's on the road ahead of you: speed cameras, queues, roadworks, accidents and road closures.

The difference from ordinary sat navs is that you don't need to set a route. As soon as you set off, the app works out by itself where you're going (where you start from, the time of day, your usual trips, the road you're on) and warns you only about what matters for your trip, at the right moment. It helps without getting in the way: if it doesn't know where you're going, it stays almost silent.

Example: you leave Sesto San Giovanni for the office in Porta Nuova without opening any sat nav. Shortly afterwards the app says: "Roadworks in 3 kilometres on Viale Fulvio Testi, traffic at a standstill."

The icon is a friendly robot at the bottom looking at a road stretching to the horizon: its white radar waves pick out a yellow warning triangle, on a blue-green background. That's exactly what the app does: it looks ahead for you.

What's new in 1.3.7#

• 🚀 More reliable automatic start, also on the motorbike: new Settings → Automatic start when you move option with three choices, Automatic (recommended), Car Bluetooth only and Off. With Automatic, when you're stopped only a light departure detector stays on (motion sensor, physical activity if you allow it, a rough location every 3 minutes): no continuous GPS, map, downloads or voice, about 0.5% battery per hour or less. As soon as you move, GPS checks your speed for at most a minute and above ~20 km/h the full app starts, even on a motorbike without Bluetooth (see section 3).
• 🔧 Check automatic start: a button in Settings shows what the assistant needs to restart by itself (precise location, notifications, optional physical activity, battery "Unrestricted"), each marked ✅ OK or ⚠️ to fix. If you use car and motorbike and the assistant restarts by itself, a notification asks "Are you on a motorbike?".
• 🏍️ "Detect when I'm driving" is back, optional: with the Physical activity permission the phone tells the app when you get in a car or on a motorbike. It's used only for this, stays on the phone and is not stored.
• 📷 Speed cameras for the other direction on dual carriageways: on roads with two separate carriageways (like the SS7bis), when the app is sure the speed camera is on the opposite carriageway it says so: "for the opposite carriageway". With the new Quiet alert choice you then get only the text and a short sound, no voice. It's never hidden; the default stays Normal alert.
• 🏠 Guessed destination "Heading to Home": even without learnt routes, if you're getting steadily closer to Home, Work or a saved place, "🏠 Heading to Home" appears with km and arrival time, plus Yes / No; the app warns you about problems on that road (see section 10).

What's new in 1.3.6#

• 🌍 Speed camera alerts follow each country's laws: the app works out which country you're in from GPS, even offline (the borders are stored in the app). In Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria and many other countries everything works as before; in France only a "Speed check zone", with no position, metres or symbol; in Switzerland, Germany and countries not yet checked, no speed camera alerts or symbols. Traffic, queues, roadworks and closed roads always stay. This also applies on the map, in "My trips" and when choosing a route (see "Speed cameras in the right direction").
• 🏁 Speedometer with a red ring: over the limit a red ring surrounds the speedometer, instead of the whole dial turning red.
• ✉️ Trip log in your language: the email subject and title are in the app's language.

What's new in 1.3.5#

• 🧭 Usual routes joined halfway: the app recognises one of your usual routes even when you join it halfway, in its direction. Example: from the supermarket you take the road home → "Home"; in the opposite direction → "Work". Before, it only recognised it if you set off near its start.

📱 The iPhone version#

Auto Robot CoPilot is also available for iPhone, with the same core as the Android app (alert rules, routes, voice and 6 languages): - main screen as on Android: speedometer with the red ring, speed camera panel, next problem in large type, events pill, draggable button column, Map layers menu, radar view, Car / Motorbike switch and Report; the map is Apple's; - full "➤ Where to?": destination search, alternative routes with traffic, tolls, speed cameras and weather, alerts along the route, recalculation, My itineraries and history; usual routes learnt and recognised, Home and Work from your trips and the guessed destination "Heading to Home"; - complete Settings as on Android (profiles, sounds, speed cameras for the other direction, traffic, routes, privacy) and 💡 Suggest an improvement / 🐞 Report a problem from the app; - speed cameras with each country's rules and the per-country lists downloaded as on Android; - the assistant starts when you open the app, with Detect when I'm driving (the iPhone's motion sensor) or when you connect to the car (CarPlay or Bluetooth).

The iPhone version is under review by Apple: on the App Store it's coming soon. This guide follows the Android app; on iPhone names and buttons are the same.

What's new in 1.3.4#

• 🚓 Mobile speed checks (scheduled): new option in Settings, on by default. Once the weekly Traffic Police list is available in the app, it will tell you by voice, once a day, if speed checks are scheduled today on the road you're driving (see "Limitations to be aware of").
• 💬 Suggestions and reports from the app, no email: the text reaches the developer on Google Firebase in Europe (Milan), any attachments (screenshot, images) go to Firebase file storage in the United States. Each message is sorted automatically with artificial intelligence (DeepSeek), which only receives the text — without email addresses, phone numbers, tax codes and IBANs, which the server removes first — plus the app's name and version.

What's new in 1.3.3#

• 📷 No speed camera is hidden any more: if the app thinks a speed camera is for the other direction it warns you anyway, adding "maybe for the other direction" (spoken and in the card, with ↔). The position on the map can be a few metres off and a learnt direction can be wrong: better one warning too many than a fine. With two cameras close together, one per direction, it only tells you yours.
• 🛣️ Direction of travel from the carriageways: 1,283 of the 5,176 Italian speed cameras now have a direction of travel, 583 because they stand on a one-way carriageway in OpenStreetMap (dual carriageways, motorways, slip roads): there the direction is certain and doesn't need learning.
• 🌍 Speed cameras abroad too, a little at a time: the app downloads from our website the list of speed cameras for the country you're in and keeps it on the phone (it works offline too); the lists are updated every week. Your position is not sent.

What's new in 1.3.2#

• 🚀 First launch fixed: the Get started button on the first screen can now be tapped on every phone (it could stay under the navigation bar and the app would not start).
• 📷 Speed cameras in the right direction, fixed: the app learns which direction a speed camera enforces only after passing it (before, it could vote while the camera was still ahead and then not warn you on the way back). It needs at least 2 matching passes and, if the direction is uncertain, it warns anyway. Votes learned with the bug were reset.
• 📡 Roadworks and closures even without internet: the app remembers the roadworks, road closures and lane closures it has seen for 3 days; if internet drops during a trip (no signal, phone stuck on a Wi-Fi without internet) it still warns you about those within 30 km. Not queues and accidents: they change every minute.
• 🗺️ Map buttons no longer cover alerts: they move by themselves into the free space between the panels at the top and those at the bottom; the speed camera panel appears on the opposite side from the buttons.
• 🧭 Short stops and trail: when paused, the trail on the map disappears. A stop of up to 20 minutes away from home, work and saved places (fuel station, café) no longer splits the trip: when you set off again, the pieces become one trip. At home, at work or at a saved place the trip ends straight away; a round trip with stops that comes back to where it started (home → shop → home) becomes two trips.

What's new in 1.3#

• 🔝 Redesigned top box: when you follow a route, name, minutes, arrival time and weather sit at the top: in full when you're stopped, on a single line while you're moving; the ✕ at the top ends the route. At the bottom only the status pill "● Active 🏖️" remains, with the round 💼 / 🏖️ trip type button (and ⚠️ if there are technical notices), no km/h: the speedometer already shows it.
• 🏍️ / 🚗 Mode always visible: the events panel at the top shows the 🏍️ on a blue circle (motorbike) or 🚗 on an orange circle (car) icon, and the panel's border takes the same colour, like the vehicle button at the bottom.
• 🎯 A more complete reset: it also closes the route preview and ends the route you started; when you close the preview or "Your trips", the map goes back to its normal view.
• 🧭 Clearer route preview: the card starts reduced at the top (alternatives with the extra minutes and Start) and the map below stays clear; ⌄ opens the details. On the map the chosen route is highlighted and only it shows events and minutes; the alternatives are thin, light lines (you choose them by tapping the line or the buttons at the top); from far away the speed camera and event icons become small. The phone's Back button closes the preview (and "Your trips") instead of leaving the app.
• 🕘 "Your trips" can be reduced, so you can see the trips on the map.
• ⭐ Favourite places: tap them on the map → ✏️ Rename, 📍 Move (you drag the pin with your finger), 🗑 Delete.
• 🔍 Search: results show the province abbreviation, for example "Cetara (SA)" (the voice doesn't read it out). Once you've chosen the destination, the keyboard closes by itself.
• 🌦️ Weather in the route list: in "Routes to …" the recommended route shows the weather on arrival, for example "☀️ 22° on arrival (10:00)".
• 🏖️ Trips from "Where to?": they start as Occasional; after 2–3 times the same trip becomes a favourite by itself.
• 📷 Limit near speed cameras: the app uses the limit of the right stretch, read recently (not the one from the previous stretch).
• 📖 Quick slide guide: on first launch and from Settings; swipe with your finger or use Next / Back.
• 🚗 Car mode: the map buttons are a little more compact and no longer cover the speedometer.
• 🔒 Privacy policy updated in 6 languages (MapTiler, Open-Meteo, suggestions database in Europe – Milan).

What's new in 1.2#

• 🌦️ Weather along the route: when you choose a destination, under the route details you see the weather on arrival (for example "🌤️ 18° on arrival (08:40)"). If thunderstorms, hail, snow, heavy rain, rain, fog or strong wind are forecast along the way, a yellow box shows what, when and where ("⚠️ heavy rain on the route around 08:15 (at km 23)"); on the motorbike it also says "🏍️ On the motorbike: think about going or pack rain gear". When you set off, if bad weather is expected the voice says it once and the status box shows it.
• 📍 "Take me there" from other apps: when an app sends you a location (for example Meet Radar or My Reporter, or "Open with" from another app), choose Auto Robot CoPilot: "Where to?" opens with that destination and the routes ready.
• 💡 More complete suggestions: besides the screenshot you can add up to 3 images from the gallery and the app's latest errors, in suggestions too.
• Corrected texts in the report after an error and in "Report a problem".

What's new in 1.1#

• A screen like a sat nav: instead of the blue dot there's your red car seen from above (or the blue motorbike with rider), which turns in your direction of travel. While you're moving, your position sits lower down the screen, so you can see more of the road ahead.
• A bigger, sharper map from MapTiler (OpenStreetMap data): road names can be read at a glance.
• Speedometer at the bottom left, with the road's speed limit sign (from TomTom; if it isn't known, 130 on motorways and 110 on expressways; near a speed camera its limit applies): if you go over it the dial turns red, on motorways too.
• New bottom bar: ⚙, the big "➤ Where to?" button and the round ■ / ▶ button to stop or start the assistant.
• New route preview: cards showing "+7 min" and a green / yellow / red bar, km, main roads, traffic delay, speed cameras and the big Start button.
• A simpler "Where to?": big search box, 🏠 💼 ⭐ shortcuts and "My itineraries" as tiles, like the icons on a computer desktop: tap to set off, press and hold for the options; under the name, the reliability bar of the learned trip.
• Icons instead of long text: clear icons and short labels throughout the app; explanations open only when you tap ⓘ (or the "i" next to the title).
• Map layers as a grid of tiles: the layers button opens big icons with a single word (Cameras, Traffic, Motorways, Trips, Radar) plus tiles for the map orientation (Auto, Heading, North, Free).
• Trip type moved to the status panel: the round 💼 / 🏖️ button now sits in the panel at the bottom; the bar keeps just ⚙, "➤ Where to?", 🚗/🏍️ and ■/▶.
• Tidier events panel: when closed it shows big chips with an icon and a number for each type of event; on the right the round list button opens the list (while it's open it turns blue with ▲ and closes it) and the round "–" button shrinks it to a pill with the numbers (or ✅). If there's nothing, you'll see "✅ No problems in the area".
• Simpler status panel: it only says "Active" or "Paused"; you end a route with the red round ✕ and technical notices are a small ⚠️ you tap to read.
• 🎯 "Back to start": the crosshair follows your position again, restores the normal zoom, closes the lists and puts the panels back in place. Map buttons are no longer covered by the panels.
• Round map buttons with drawn icons: +, −, layers, list, radar, favourites, re-centre.
• 🧤 Glove mode on the motorbike: on the bike the buttons get bigger and further apart, and only the essential ones stay; in the car everything stays as before.
• 🚗 ⇄ 🏍️ Clearer car/motorbike switch: the button in the bottom bar is no longer black: it is blue with the motorbike 🏍️ and the word MOTORBIKE or orange with the car 🚗 and the word CAR, and one tap switches to the other vehicle: its colour always tells you which mode you are in. When you switch, a big box appears in the middle of the screen for about 2 seconds: "🚗 ➜ 🏍️ Motorbike mode" (or "🏍️ ➜ 🚗 Car mode").
• Restarting after a pause, fixed: in the morning it really does restart by itself, and opening the app wakes it up straight away.
• Activity recognition removed (the "Detect when I'm driving" option and the "Physical activity" permission): Google Play treats it as a health-app permission. The app starts when you open it, by itself after a pause, and with the car's Bluetooth. The "Are you driving?" notification remains only when the assistant is off and you connect to the car's Bluetooth.
• On the motorbike queues are a minor problem (yellow): they are announced as "Queue in 2 kilometres on Viale Zara: passable with care on the motorbike" and shown in yellow on the map and on the radar; closed roads and accidents stay red. If you don't want to hear them, turn them off in Settings → Vehicle → "🚗 Traffic jam alerts".
• 💡 Suggestions and 🐞 reports sent from the app, no email: type or dictate, you can attach the app screen, up to 3 images from the gallery and the latest app errors and with Send the message goes straight to the developer; Privacy and data has a link to the full privacy policy.
• 🎤 Voice dictation: in "Where to?" tap the microphone 🎤 and say your destination; in 💡 Suggest an improvement and 🐞 Report a problem you can also tap the microphone and dictate the text.
• New look: while you drive, the next problem is shown large at the top; the speedometer sits next to the panel with your route and arrival time; drawn icons instead of emoji; clear colours: blue for actions, yellow for minor problems, red for blockages and speed cameras.
• 🔔 Sound 300 m before a speed camera: in the vehicle profile choose 🔕 None, Beep, Double (default), 3 tones or Siren; it comes on top of the voice alert. It depends on your speed: within the limit it plays just once at 300 m; over the limit it repeats every 2.5 seconds from 400 m until you slow down or pass the speed camera.
• 📷 Speed camera voice alert in metres, no longer in seconds: in the vehicle profile choose 300, 500 (default), 800 or 1000 m.
• 📷 Speed camera panel at the top left: within 1 km of a speed camera it shows the speed limit sign, the metres left and "📷 97 km/h", i.e. your speed, the one the speed camera would measure. If you're over the limit it turns red.
• Speed shown like the dashboard: new setting GPS (real, default), +5%, +8%, +10%. It only changes the number shown; limits and alerts always use the real speed.
• 🔍 Zoom that stays yours: the map starts slightly more zoomed in; pinch-zooming with two fingers no longer detaches the map from your position and is remembered, just like the + / − buttons while the map is following you.
• Highlighted road: with no route, the last stretch you've driven (about 800 m) is blue with a white border; with an active or recognised route the next 600 m are bright light blue and the route line is thicker.
• 🧠 Smarter route recognition: it also recognises occasional trips (the beach, for example) when you start driving them, including those saved from the history; it's tolerant (a side street to buy cigarettes or a different roundabout won't make it lose the route); usual routes are shared between car and motorbike.
• "Where to?" has two buttons at the top, 💼 Daily and 🏖️ Occasional, to choose the trip type.
• 🗑 Visible bin: every tile in "My itineraries" and every trip in the "Trip history" has its own small bin, which deletes only that one after a confirmation.
• ⭐ Favourite places on the map: tap home, work or a ⭐ on the map and choose ✏️ Rename, 📍 Move or 🗑 Delete.
• Events panel closed at start: it starts shrunk to a pill; the app remembers whether you open or close it.
• 📡 See-through radar view: the background lets you glimpse the map underneath.
• 🔒 Lock screen: the app's notification no longer appears on the lock screen.
• ⏱ Time left to arrival: with a usual route recognised or chosen, the status panel shows "20 min" in large type, the arrival time and the km; on the radar "⏱ Left 20 min". On screen only, never spoken.
• ⛔ Problem on the route: if further ahead the road is closed (or, in the car, a queue costs you at least 5 minutes) the app suggests another road.
• Shorter voice: it only says the destination, for example "Usual route recognised: Work" and "You have arrived: Work"; on screen the name stays "Home → Work".
• Trip guessed only when you really set off (above 15 km/h) and only if you've made it at least 2 times: opening the app while stationary shows no route.

2. First launch#

Car, motorbike or both#

On first launch, use the big icons to choose what you drive:

• 🚗 Car
• 🏍️ Motorbike
• Both

What trips do you usually make?#

Just below, again with two icons, you choose the trip type:

You can switch the trip type at any time from the main screen with the round 💼 / 🏖️ button in the status pill at the bottom, to the right of "● Active" (see section 7), or with the two 💼 Daily / 🏖️ Occasional buttons at the top of "Where to?". Trips searched with "Where to?" start as Occasional; after 2–3 times the same trip becomes a favourite by itself.

You can change everything later in Settings.

📖 Quick slide guide#

On first launch a quick slide guide appears showing the main features: swipe with your finger or use the Next / Back buttons. You can open it again whenever you like from Settings.

Permissions#

Next the app asks for a few permissions. Without the first two it can't work properly:

ℹ️ The "Physical activity" permission, removed in 1.1, came back in 1.3.7 but is optional: the app works without it too.

3. Automatic start#

You don't have to remember to switch anything on:

• The assistant starts by itself when you open the app (even if it was already open in the background) or when you choose a destination. If it's paused or resting, opening the app wakes it up straight away.
• After a long stop it no longer switches off: it goes to rest using minimal battery and restarts by itself when you get moving again.
• With Automatic start when you move set to Automatic (recommended), when you're stopped only the departure detector stays on: motion sensor, physical activity if you allow it and a rough location every 3 minutes (5 at night). No continuous GPS, map, downloads or voice: about 0.5% battery per hour or less. As soon as you move, GPS checks your speed for at most a minute and above ~20 km/h the full app starts, even on a motorbike without Bluetooth; if you were only walking it goes back to waiting. With Car Bluetooth only it uses no location and no sensors while waiting and only restarts with the car's Bluetooth (on a motorbike it won't start by itself); with Off, after driving it switches off completely and only starts again when you open the app.
• With "Start when you connect to the car (Bluetooth)" it restarts as soon as the phone connects to the car stereo, even before you move. It recognises the car the first time you connect (Settings shows "🚗 Car recognised: …", with Forget). Headphones don't trigger it: only the car stereo or the car's hands-free kit counts. It needs the "Nearby devices" permission. If you'd switched it off with Stop, connecting to the car brings up the "Are you driving? 🚗" notification and one tap is all it takes.
• The round red ■ button at the bottom right stops the assistant; when it's off it becomes a green ▶ to start it again. Stop switches it off completely.
• 🔧 Check automatic start (in Settings, under automatic start) shows what the assistant needs to restart by itself: Precise location, Notifications, Physical activity (optional) and Battery "Unrestricted", each marked ✅ OK or ⚠️ to fix. If something is missing, the main screen shows "The assistant may not restart by itself: check battery and permissions." with Check / Not now.
• Detect when I'm driving (optional, Physical activity permission): the phone tells the app when you get in a car or on a motorbike, so the assistant restarts right away.
• If you use car and motorbike and the assistant restarts by itself, a notification asks "Are you on a motorbike?": tap it to change. If the phone closes the app, the notification "Robot CoPilot was closed by the phone" turns it back on with one tap.

ℹ️ What changed in 1.3.7. Before, on a motorbike and without the car's Bluetooth, the app only restarted after 300–400 m. Now a hint of movement turns on GPS for at most a minute and the app restarts as soon as you go above ~20 km/h. The "Physical activity" permission, removed in 1.1, is back as optional: without it, automatic start still works with the motion sensor and location.

How long does it take to restart? | Situation | Restarts… | |---|---| | You open the app | immediately | | You connect to the car's Bluetooth (if turned on) | immediately, before you move | | You move, with Automatic (motion sensor or physical activity) | as soon as GPS measures more than ~20 km/h (check lasting at most 1 minute) | | Paused (first half hour of a stop) | after 300 m or above 18 km/h: usually 20–40 seconds of driving | | Resting (long stop, e.g. a working day or overnight) | after 400 m or as soon as the GPS measures a vehicle speed: usually 1–3 minutes |

As soon as you really set off (above 15 km/h), it guesses your trip (e.g. leaving work: "Work → Home") and warns you only about problems on that road. While you're stationary it doesn't suggest any route.

ℹ️ Why does it sometimes need a tap? If the assistant is completely off and location is only allowed "while using the app", Android doesn't allow the GPS to be turned on without an action from you. That's why the app now prefers to stay resting instead of switching off.

4. Car and Motorbike profiles#

Car and motorbike have separate profiles, each with its own settings:

If you chose Both, you can switch from one profile to the other in a moment. You do it with the 🏍️ MOTORBIKE (blue) / 🚗 CAR (orange) button in the bottom bar; its colour (blue motorbike, orange car) always tells you which mode you are in. Learned usual routes (home, work…) are shared between car and motorbike: those driven by car are recognised on the motorbike too.

5. When the voice speaks#

The voice is designed to help without getting in the way.

Does it know where you're going? Then it warns you about everything on the way#

The app knows where you're going when: - you choose a destination in "Where to?"; - when you really set off (above 15 km/h) it guesses the trip from your habits: where you start from, the time and the day (e.g. at 07:50 from home on weekdays → "Heading to Work? I will only warn you about problems on this route."). It only does this with trips you've made at least 2 times; opening the app while stationary shows no route; - after a few hundred metres it recognises one of your usual routes and says so out loud with the destination only: "Usual route recognised: Work" (the arrow isn't read out; on screen the name stays "Home → Work").

In these cases it warns you about speed cameras, queues, roadworks and closures along the route, and nothing else.

Doesn't know where you're going? It stays almost silent (Smart mode, recommended)#

Only speed cameras and problems nearby (within 3 km) on the same road you're on. Example: you're on Viale Zara → it only tells you about the queue on Viale Zara ahead of you, not the roadworks on the ring road or in another part of town. If you then turn into Viale Monza, it will tell you about problems on Viale Monza.

📊 From the black box of a test drive (home → work in the morning, no destination): the previous version gave 12 traffic alerts, almost all on roads never driven (ring road, motorway, streets in other districts), some 10–15 km away. With the new rules none of those 12 would have been spoken.

In Settings → Alerts and map you can also choose: | Mode | Without a destination it warns about… | |---|---| | Smart (recommended) | speed cameras + nearby problems on the same road | | The whole road ahead | everything in your direction of travel (on other roads only within 4 km) | | Only my routes | speed cameras + events on your itineraries |

Rules that always apply#

• It speaks only when you're really driving (above about 15 km/h for 10 seconds).
• The first alert about a queue or roadworks comes about 2.5 minutes' drive away (between 1.5 and 4 km), not 10 km away.
• There are at least 15 seconds between one traffic alert and the next (speed camera alerts stay immediate).
• Queues on the opposite carriageway are ignored. Speed cameras, however, are never hidden: if they seem to be for the other direction the app warns you anyway, with "maybe for the other direction" (see below).
• No pointless phrases: the route summary comes only if there are problems. At most 2 sentences at a time.
• "Caution" at the start is optional; repeats from 1 to 3, set separately for speed cameras and traffic.
• During an alert the music is turned down and then goes back to normal volume.
• Arrival times are never spoken: you'll find them on screen (see section 7).

📷 Speed camera voice alert: how many metres before#

• The voice warns you about the speed camera at a distance in metres, no longer "N seconds before": so you always know how far it is, at any speed.
• You choose it in Settings, in the vehicle profile (car and motorbike each have their own), under "📷 Voice alert for speed cameras at": 300 m, 500 m (default), 800 m or 1000 m.
• Example: with 500 m the voice says "Speed camera in 500 metres, limit 50" when 500 m are left. In town 300–500 m is enough; on expressways and motorways 800–1000 m is better.

🔔 Sound 300 m before a speed camera#

• On top of the voice alert, which comes earlier, near the speed camera the app plays a sound. The sound changes according to your speed:

• The sound is always the one you chose in Settings, in the vehicle profile: 🔕 None, Beep, Double (default), 3 tones, Siren. With 🔕 None it never plays.
• Tap a choice and you hear it straight away, so you know what it sounds like before you set off.
• It works the same on the map, in the radar view and with the screen off.

Speed cameras in the right direction#

• For 1,283 of the 5,176 Italian speed cameras the app knows which direction of travel they check: 583 stand on a one-way carriageway in OpenStreetMap (dual carriageways, motorways, slip roads), which gives the direction for certain; for the others the direction is written in OpenStreetMap.
• For the others it learns by itself: after you have passed it, it looks at which side of the road it was on. Each pass is a vote and the app trusts a direction only with at least 2 votes of margin, so one wrong pass isn't enough to change it; in doubtful cases (between 2 and 7 m to the left, inaccurate GPS) it learns nothing. Until the direction is certain, the speed camera warns you anyway, on the way back too.
• No speed camera is hidden because of the direction of travel: its position on the map can be a few metres off and a learnt direction can be wrong. If the app thinks it's for the other direction it tells you anyway, adding "maybe for the other direction" (with ↔ in the card on the map). If there are two cameras close together, one per direction (typical of dual carriageways), it only tells you yours.
• Abroad too: the app downloads from our website the list of speed cameras for the country you're in (with the direction from the carriageways), keeps it on the phone and updates it every week, without sending your position. It starts with Italy; other countries follow a little at a time. Where there's no list yet, speed cameras come from OpenStreetMap while you drive.
• Dual carriageways (since 1.3.7): on roads with two separate carriageways (expressways like the SS7bis, motorways), if the direction comes from a one-way carriageway and your last 300 m run straight in the opposite direction, the app is sure the speed camera is for the other direction and says so: "for the opposite carriageway". In Settings → Speed cameras → Speed cameras for the other direction on dual carriageways you can choose Quiet alert: in that case only the text and a short sound, no voice. The default stays Normal alert; if it isn't sure it always warns you, with "maybe for the other direction".
• Each country's rules (since 1.3.6): alerts follow the law of the country you're in, detected by GPS even offline. Where they're allowed (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and others) everything works as above. In France only a "Speed check zone" of about 2 km (4 km on fast roads), with no position, metres, limit or symbol on the map. In Switzerland, Germany, Canada and countries not yet checked (San Marino, for example) no speed camera alerts, sounds or symbols, not even for the ones you reported. Traffic, queues, roadworks and closed roads always stay. Near borders the more cautious country applies; when the rule changes the app says so once ("In this country speed camera alerts are not allowed: traffic alerts stay on.") and a short note stays on screen. The rules also apply on the map, in My trips and when choosing a route, and no setting can override them. Our website only publishes the lists for countries where alerts are allowed.
• Speed cameras appear and are announced only when you're close (about 2 km, or twice the warning distance): no more "one speed camera" 6–7 km away just after you set off. Example: in a test drive, a speed camera announced by mistake was 7 metres to the left, on the other carriageway: the next time you pass, the app learns it.

6. Assistant states#

When it's on, a permanent notification with the Stop button appears in the notification bar. The notification doesn't appear on the lock screen: you only see it with the phone unlocked.

Arrival: if you chose a destination and stop within 300 m of it, the route is finished and the app goes back to normal mode. The voice only says the destination, for example "You have arrived: Work".

7. Reading the screen#

Map#

• The map comes from MapTiler, with OpenStreetMap data (at the bottom it says "© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap contributors"): no Google account needed. It's big and sharp, scaled to your screen, and road names can be read at a glance. It follows you as you drive.
• The vehicle icon is you: a red car seen from above or, in the motorbike profile, a blue motorbike with rider. It turns in your direction of travel; when you stop it stays facing the way it was. It moves smoothly together with the map (no jumps between one GPS point and the next). When you're following a route it snaps to the road, so it doesn't zig-zag beside the carriageway. When paused or resting it only moves with precise positions.
• While you're moving, the icon sits lower on the screen (about 14% below the centre), so you see more of the road ahead. With "North up" it stays in the centre.
• The icons for problems, speed cameras and saved places are big, and route lines are thicker.
• Orientation (layers button → the Auto, Heading, North and Free tiles, or in Settings): 🧭 Auto (recommended: straight ahead when moving, still when stopped), ➤ Heading (direction of travel at the top), ⬆ North (north up), 🔄 Free (rotate it with two fingers).
• If you move the map while driving, after 15 seconds without touching it, it goes back to following you by itself.
• Zoom: the map starts slightly more zoomed in. If you zoom in or out with two fingers, the map stays locked to your position (it no longer detaches) and the zoom you chose is remembered: everyone picks their own. The + / − buttons while the map is following you also change the remembered zoom.
• Highlighted road: with no route, the last stretch of road you've driven (about 800 m) is shown in blue with a white border, so you immediately see which road you're on.
• The chosen route is a blue line with a white border, thicker; the part already driven turns grey, so you can see how much is left. With an active or recognised route the next 600 m are bright light blue: it's the stretch you're about to drive.
• In the preview the alternatives are thin, light lines; the chosen route is highlighted and only it shows the events and the minutes label.
• With a route chosen, the map shows only the events along that route, not the whole area. When the map is viewed from far away, the speed camera and event icons become small, so the route stays easy to read.
• Motorway events are shown only if you're on the motorway, if they're on the chosen route or if you turn them on from 🗂️ → 🛣️ Motorway events. (The colour of motorways is just the map's colour; it doesn't mean a queue.)

🏁 Speedometer and speed limit sign#

• At the bottom left there's a round speedometer: your speed in large figures with "km/h" underneath.
• Next to it appears the speed limit sign of the road you're on, taken from TomTom. If TomTom doesn't know it: 130 on motorways, 110 on expressways.
• If there's a speed camera within 1.5 km, its limit applies, for example 50. Near speed cameras the app uses the limit of the right stretch, read recently, not the one from the previous stretch.
• If you go more than 3 km/h over the limit, a red ring surrounds the speedometer (instead of the whole dial turning red as in earlier versions), on motorways and expressways too.
• With an active route, name, minutes, arrival time and weather sit in the top box (see below); at the bottom left there's only the speedometer. In the car the map buttons are a little more compact and don't cover the speedometer.

Speed shown: GPS or like the dashboard#

• A car's dashboard always shows a bit more than your real speed: the law requires it. That's why the app's number (GPS, real) may look lower to you.
• In Settings choose "Speed shown": GPS (the real speed, default), +5%, +8% or +10%. Example: you're really doing 90 km/h; with +8% the app shows 97, like the dashboard.
• It changes only the number shown (speedometer, speed camera panel and radar view). Limits, the red speedometer ring, sounds and alerts always use the real speed.

📷 The speed camera panel (top left)#

When a speed camera is less than 1 km away, a panel appears at the top left (top right if you moved the map buttons to the left) with: - the speed camera's speed limit sign (e.g. 50); - the metres left, in large type (e.g. 450 m), counting down as you get closer; - "📷 97 km/h": your speed, the one the speed camera would measure.

If you're over the limit the panel turns red: slow down. Once you've passed the speed camera, the panel disappears.

📡 Radar view#

Tap 📡 (or 🗂️ → Radar) and instead of the map you get a radar watching the road ahead, readable at a glance (handy on a motorbike, even with gloves): - The background is slightly see-through: you can glimpse the map underneath, so you don't lose your bearings. - Road clear: 3 small green arcs that "breathe" and the words "Road clear". - As you approach a problem, the arcs turn red (speed cameras, queues), orange (roadworks) or purple (closures) and more bars light up as you get closer: 1 bar beyond 3 km, 5 bars under 300 m. On the motorbike queues are yellow. - In the centre: symbol, distance in large type and road name. At the top your speed (as chosen in "Speed shown"), which turns red if you go over the limit, and the speed limit sign. Below, the next two problems. - With a usual route recognised or chosen, "⏱ Left 20 min" appears too. - Speed cameras in the radar view: the voice warns you at the distance you chose (e.g. 500 m) and the 300 m sound works just like on the map: if you're over the limit it repeats every 2.5 seconds and the speed at the top is red. The big number in the centre tells you how many metres are left. - 🗺️ Map at the bottom takes you back to the map. Your choice is remembered: if you close the app in the radar view, you'll find it that way again.

Map symbol key

Map buttons (on the right, or on the left if you move them)#

They're round, with big, clear drawn icons.

Moving the buttons: drag the column (by the ⠿ symbol at the top or by a button). If you pull it past a third of the screen it moves to the other side; you can also move it up or down. The position is remembered. Map buttons are never covered by the panels.

The bottom bar#

From left to right:

On the motorbike: glove mode 🧤#

When your vehicle is the 🏍️ motorbike, the app adapts to being used with gloves on: - the buttons are bigger (about 64–68 dp) and well spaced out; - the essential ones stay on the map, from top to bottom: ⚙ settings, 🗂️ layers (Speed cameras, Traffic, Motorways, Trips, Radar and Orientation), ❗ report, 📡 radar, 🎯 centre on me. Zoom + / −, ⭐ add favourite and the ⠿ handle for dragging the column disappear: you use them in the car or when stopped; - the bottom bar keeps "➤ Where to?" (wider and taller), 🚗 / 🏍️ and ■ / ▶; settings have moved up among the map buttons; - the round 💼 / 🏖️ trip type button in the status pill is bigger too.

In the car everything stays as described above.

At the top: the next problem, shown large#

While you drive, the top of the screen shows the next problem on your road: - on the left a coloured tile with the icon: red for speed cameras, queues, closed roads and accidents, yellow for roadworks and minor problems; - the distance in large figures, for example 800 m; - underneath, what and where: Roadworks · Viale Fulvio Testi; - on the right the round "+N" button (e.g. +3): tap it to open the list of the other problems.

On the motorbike queues have a yellow tile and the words "passable with care": Queue · Viale Zara · passable with care.

Colours, icons and labels#

• The colours are the same throughout the app, on dark panels: blue for actions and the route (e.g. "➤ Where to?", Start), yellow for minor problems, red for blockages and speed cameras.
• Map buttons (round ones), the bottom bar, search, microphone, bin, home, work and favourites have drawn icons instead of emoji.
• Fewer words, bigger icons: where there used to be long text you'll now find clear icons and short labels. Explanations are still there when you want them: they open only when you tap the ⓘ icon.
• Numbers and titles use a road-sign typeface you can read at a glance.
• The route card (see section 9) has two labels: "2 speed cameras on the route" and "No tolls" or "Toll: A4".

At the top: the route you are following#

When you follow a route, name, minutes left, arrival time and weather sit at the top: - when stopped, in full, over several lines; - while moving, on a single line, so the map stays clear; - the ✕ at the top ends the route.

The time takes real traffic into account (TomTom) and isn't announced out loud: it's just there to look at.

At the top: the events panel#

• While you're driving it shows "Ahead of you"; when stopped, "Events nearby"; when you explore the map, "Events in this area".
• The mode is always visible: the panel shows the 🏍️ on a blue circle (motorbike) or 🚗 on an orange circle (car) icon, and the panel's border takes the same colour, like the vehicle button in the bottom bar.
• It starts shrunk to a pill, so the map stays clear; the app remembers whether you open or close it, and next time you find it as you left it.
• When closed it shows big chips with an icon and a number for each type of event (e.g. 🚗 4, 🚧 1, ⛔ 2). If there's nothing, you'll see "✅ No problems in the area".
• On the right there's a round button with the list icon: tap it to open the scrolling list; tap an event to centre the map on it. While the list is open the button turns blue with the ▲ arrow: tap it to close the list.
• The round "–" button shrinks the panel to a pill with the list icon and the numbers (or ✅ if there's nothing); tap the pill and it grows back. You no longer need to swipe it away (swiping still works).
• You can set aside an event you've already seen: swipe it away or press ✓ Seen. With 🔔 / 🔕 you mute the voice for that event. At the bottom you'll find "🙈 N set aside · tap to see them again".
• Moving it: pull down the ▬ handle under the panel; double-tap and it goes back up.

At the bottom: the status pill (above the bar)#

• At the bottom there's just a small pill: "● Active 🏖️" (or Paused), with no km/h: your speed is already on the speedometer.
• To the right of "● Active" there's the round 💼 / 🏖️ button: it shows today's trip type, daily or occasional; tap it to switch.
• Route, minutes, arrival time and weather are at the top (see above); you can see car/motorbike mode from the colour of the events panel and from the button in the bottom bar (blue MOTORBIKE / orange CAR).
• Technical notices (for example "speed camera list offline") appear in the pill as a small ⚠️: tap it to read the message.

8. Explore mode#

Want to know what the situation is before you set off? Move and zoom the map to the area you're interested in. The app shows roadworks, queues and speed cameras in that area, wherever you are.

Example: the evening before, you look at the area between Sesto San Giovanni and Porta Nuova and check whether there are roadworks on Viale Fulvio Testi. With 🎯 you jump straight back to your location.

9. "Where to?" (optional)#

It's not required, but you can enter a destination if you want.

The "Where to?" screen#

• At the top, the round ← button takes you back to the map, the title is in the centre and the "i" is on the right: tap it only if you want to read the explanation.
• Just below, two buttons for the trip type: 💼 Daily (work, home) and 🏖️ Occasional (beach, days out). Tap the right one before choosing the destination: the one lit up is the active trip type. Trips searched here start as 🏖️ Occasional; if you make the same trip 2–3 times, it becomes a favourite by itself.
• Below it there's a big, rounded search box with 🔍 ("Search an address or place").
• In the box there's a blue microphone 🎤: tap it, "Say where you want to go" appears, say your destination (e.g. "Porta Nuova Milano") and the search starts by itself. It uses Android's speech recognition (the one in the Google keyboard): it's free and needs no extra permissions.
• Then the big shortcuts: round buttons for 🏠 Home, 💼 Work and your ⭐ Favourites. One tap and you see the routes straight away.
• Further down, "My itineraries" (see section 10).

Choosing the route#

1. Tap "➤ Where to?" in the bottom bar and start typing: suggestions appear as you type (for example a nearby town), with the province abbreviation, for example "Cetara (SA)" (the voice doesn't read it out). Once you've chosen the destination, the keyboard closes by itself.
2. The app offers up to 5 alternative routes, calculated with real-time traffic: the fastest ones, including local roads, and the shortest in km (often through the centre), marked "📏 Shortest".
3. The alternatives also include your routes, the ones the app has learnt while you drive (e.g. via Viale Monza or via Viale Fulvio Testi): they appear as "🧠 Your route · driven N times" with the time calculated using current traffic along your road. If your route is at most 3 minutes slower than the fastest, the app recommends yours: you know the area.
4. For each route you see the fixed speed checks you'll meet, before you set off: "📷 2 speed checks on this route · see where". Tapping opens the list with road, distance and limit, for example "📷 Speed check · Tangenziale Nord · in 3.2 km · limit 90". If there are none: "📷 No fixed speed checks".
5. The recommended route tells you why, for example: "✅ Avoids Viale Fulvio Testi (queue, roadworks); Tangenziale Nord (speed camera)". In the "Routes to …" list it also shows the weather on arrival, for example "☀️ 22° on arrival (10:00)".
6. For each route you also see whether there are tolls: "💰 Toll road: A4 (38 km)" in orange, or "🆓 No tolls".
7. On 💼 daily trips, toll routes are hidden (for the commute a motorway usually isn't worth it). If you need them, tap "💰 Also show toll routes". On 🏖️ occasional trips they appear straight away.
8. With the "Avoid toll roads" switch, just above the routes, the app recalculates them without tolls (when possible). Your choice is remembered and also applies to recalculations during the trip; it's also in Settings → Routes.
9. The routes appear all together on the map: the chosen one highlighted, the alternatives thin and light; the preview opens at the top (see below).
10. Press Start: the assistant starts by itself and the voice sums up the choice (only if there are problems to report). If you leave the route, the app recalculates it by itself.

The route preview#

As soon as you choose the destination, the map frames the route and its alternatives by itself.

The card starts reduced, at the top: it only shows the alternatives with the extra minutes and the Start button, so the map below stays clear. Tap ⌄ to open the details.

The alternative cards. One card for each route: - the fastest shows the journey time (e.g. "1 h 9 min"), the others how much longer they take: "+7 min", "+15 min"; - a coloured bar above each card:

• a dot in the colour of the line on the map, so you can tell at once which card is which line.

The details of the chosen route (with ⌄): - the km in large type (in blue) and the journey time; - ✅ if it's the recommended one, with what it avoids; - "Via SS7bis, Via …": the main roads it uses; - "Incl. +9 min traffic delay"; - "📷 N speed cameras on the route", the tolls and the list of speed cameras.

The big blue Start button sets off straight away; the ✕ at the top closes the preview. The phone's Back button also closes the preview instead of leaving the app, and so does the 🎯 crosshair. Once the preview is closed, the map goes back to its normal view.

Choose by tapping the map 👆: as well as the buttons at the top, you can tap a route's line and that route is highlighted; only it shows the events and the minutes label, while the alternatives stay thin, light lines. If your tap lands on a queue section drawn over the line, tap a spot nearby. A toll section is dashed in orange. From far away the speed camera and event icons become small, so the route is easier to read; once you go above 20 km/h the map goes back to following you.

Example, Milan → Bergamo: the fastest route uses the A4 (about 45 min, with tolls). With "Avoid toll roads" the app suggests toll-free roads, which are slower (about 75 min): it's your call.

An example: Milan at rush hour#

From Porta Nuova to Sesto San Giovanni the app suggests three roads: Viale Zara → Viale Fulvio Testi (22 min, 1 queue), Viale Monza (23 min, no problems, the shortest) and Tangenziale Nord (24 min, 1 speed camera). It says clearly that with current traffic the routes are about the same (22–24 min) and that the recommended one avoids the speed camera on the Tangenziale Nord. If Viale Monza is the road you usually take, it appears as "🧠 Your route". (Illustrative example, based on a real test with real traffic.)

🌦️ Weather along the route#

In the route preview, under the speed cameras, the app shows the weather at the time you'll pass, not the weather now. It checks 5 points of the route (start, a quarter, halfway, three quarters and arrival), each at the expected time you'll be there. - Weather on arrival: icon, temperature and time, for example "🌤️ 18° on arrival (08:40)". - Bad weather on the route: if thunderstorms, hail, snow, heavy rain, rain, fog or strong wind (gusts of 60 km/h or more) are forecast at one of the points, a yellow box shows the worst: "⚠️ hail on the route around 17:30 (at km 42)" or "(at the destination)". - On the motorbike it also shows "🏍️ On the motorbike: think about going or pack rain gear". - When you set off (route chosen or recognised), if bad weather is expected the voice says it only once ("Warning: heavy rain expected on the route around 08:15.") and the top box shows it in yellow; if the weather is fine it shows the weather on arrival.

Forecasts come from Open-Meteo: the app only sends the coordinates of the 5 points and the times you'll pass them.

📍 "Take me there" from other apps#

When another app sends you a location (a geo: link), for example Meet Radar or My Reporter ("🚗 Take me there (Robot CoPilot)"), or when you choose "Open with" on a place, choose Auto Robot CoPilot: "Where to?" opens with that destination and the route preview ready. Tap Start and go.

10. My itineraries, my trips and reports#

Tap "➤ Where to?": below the search box and the shortcuts you'll find "My itineraries": saved places, saved trips and usual routes laid out as a grid of tiles, like the icons on a computer desktop.

Two categories: 💼 Daily and 🏖️ Occasional#

At the top, on one line, there are three filters, each showing how many itineraries it has: All, 💼 Daily (work, home) and 🏖️ Occasional (beach, days out).

What an itinerary looks like#

Each itinerary is a tile with a big icon (3 per row) with a short name underneath. Home, work and favourites have drawn icons (🏠, 💼, ⭐); learned routes also show the reliability bar under the name. - One tap and you're off: the assistant follows that trip and warns you about what's along the road; - press and hold to open the options (see below); - 🗑 the small bin in the corner of the tile deletes only that itinerary, after the confirmation "Delete «Home → Work»?".

How reliable a learned trip is#

The 5-notch bar under the name shows how well the app knows a learned route. The more often you make the trip, the better it knows it and the more reliable its predictions are:

The colour goes from yellow (hardly known) to green (well known).

Options (press and hold)#

Press and hold an itinerary: a menu opens with big icons and one word each:

Your places#

Tap ⭐ on the map (or press and hold a point) to save a place: 🏠 Home, 💼 Work or ⭐ another place of your choice. Home and Work go under daily; other places go in the category of the trip type active at that moment.

Changing a place from the map. Tap the icon of a saved place (🏠, 💼 or ⭐) directly on the map: a menu opens with three choices: - ✏️ Rename: give it another name; - 📍 Move: you drag the pin with your finger: take it to the right spot and the place moves there; - 🗑 Delete: removes it, after a confirmation.

Trip history#

The app remembers your trips: date, time, from → to, km and minutes. Tap a trip to see it again on the map, or press Save to turn it into a reusable itinerary (for example Sunday's trip to the beach). Each trip has its own 🗑 bin: it deletes only that trip, after a confirmation. A short stop (up to 20 minutes, away from home, work and saved places) doesn't split the trip; a round trip with stops that comes back to where it started is split in two at the farthest stop.

Usual routes (learnt by themselves)#

• It learns your roads. Every 💼 daily trip is remembered. If you use different roads to the same place (to get home: via Viale Monza or via Viale Fulvio Testi), they stay separate routes: two trips count as the same route only if they share at least 70% of the road.
• From the very first trip your road appears among the "Where to?" choices as "🧠 Your route".
• If you leave the recommended route to take your own road to the same place, the app doesn't insist: it says "Following your usual route: …" and keeps following you, without recalculating.
• A trip becomes usual after 2 identical trips, or straight away with an outward and a return trip between the same two places (even by different roads): for example home → work this morning and work → home yesterday afternoon.
• It also learns your usual departure time, for example "usually at 07:40 · weekdays".
• When you really set off it guesses it (above 15 km/h): if you usually make that trip from that spot, at that time and on that kind of day, it activates it ("Heading to Work?") and warns you only about problems along it. You need to have made it at least 2 times and at least one departure at a similar time: on Saturday evening at home it won't think you're going to work. Opening the app while stationary shows no route.
• It's tolerant: a side street to buy cigarettes, a different roundabout or a short detour won't make it lose the recognised route.
• Even when joined halfway (since 1.3.5): if you join one of your usual routes halfway, in its direction, the app still recognises it. Example: you leave the supermarket and take the road you use to go home → "Home"; in the opposite direction → "Work". You just need to be on its road, in its direction, with at least 1 km still to go.
• Longer shortcuts and detours (a shorter road on the motorbike, the supermarket on the way home): no comment, the trip stays ready and picks up again by itself when you're back on your usual road. In the meantime the "no destination" rules apply. After 30 minutes away it lets it go.
• Usual routes are shared between car and motorbike: the "Home → Work" learned by car is recognised on the motorbike too.
• At departure the summary only mentions problems nearby (5 km) or that will cost you time; speed cameras are announced when you reach them.
• If it didn't guess the trip at departure, after a few hundred metres it recognises it by itself, compares it with the alternatives using real-time traffic and, if it's worth it, suggests out loud and on screen: "🔀 Faster route: −N min".
• Out loud it says only the destination: "Usual route recognised: Work"; on screen the name stays "Home → Work".
• 🏖️ Occasional trips: the app doesn't turn them into habits, but it also recognises them when you start driving them, if you've already made or saved them (including those saved from the history, for example "Beach – Salerno"). From then on it warns you about problems along that trip.

⛔ Road closed or heavy queue on the route#

• If further ahead on the route the road is closed, or in the car there's a queue that costs you at least 5 minutes, the app looks for another road.
• If it finds one it suggests it with the panel "⛔ Problem on the route: there's another road" and out loud: "Problem on the way to Work: here's another road".
• Roadworks where the road is still passable stay just an alert.
• On the motorbike queues stay yellow, "passable with care", and don't make you change road; a closed road does.

🏠 Home and 💼 Work: it works them out by itself#

You don't need to save them by hand. After one day of going and coming back, the app understands: - Home = where you spend the night: a trip ends in the evening and the next one starts from there the following morning; - Work = where you arrive in the morning after leaving home.

When you're stopped, the suggestion "🤖 I think I know where home and work are — 🏠 Home: Sesto San Giovanni · 💼 Work: Milano. Save them?" appears. With Yes, save it stores them and renames your trips to "Home → Work" and "Work → Home"; with No it won't ask again. You can always save or change them with ⭐ too.

🏠 "Heading to Home" even without learnt routes (since 1.3.7): if you're far from Home, Work or a saved place and have been getting steadily closer for a few minutes, the app shows "🏠 Heading to Home" with the distance and arrival time (e.g. "12 km · arrival ~18:40") and the question "Are you going there? I'll warn you about problems on the way.", with Yes / No; by voice it says "Looks like you're heading to Home.". From then on it warns you about problems on that road, speed cameras included. Tap No if you're not going there. You can turn it off in Settings → Routes → Guess where I'm going (Home, Work, saved places).

🕘 My trips on the map#

From 🗂️ → My trips the map draws your usual routes in thin purple lines (underneath queues, roadworks and speed cameras, which stay visible) and for each one tells you straight away how many delays and speed cameras there are right now, for example "Home → Work ⚠️ 1 · 📷 2". While they're shown, the map displays only the problems along your trips. Tap a trip to zoom to it. - The "Your trips" panel can be reduced, so you can see the trips clearly on the map. - The phone's Back button closes it instead of leaving the app; when you close it, the map goes back to its normal view.

📣 Report: speed camera, pothole, rough road, other#

Know a road full of potholes, for example a stretch of Viale Monza? Report it yourself:

• Tap the yellow circle ❗ on the map and choose 📷 Speed camera, 🕳️ Pothole, 🛣️ Rough road or 📌 Other (you type what it is: speed bump, flooding…). The app saves the spot, the road and the direction you're heading.
• From the map: press and hold a point and choose "📣 Report here". If you already have a report there, you'll find "Delete report".
• When you pass that way again in the same direction, the voice warns you: "Pothole in 200 metres", "Rough road in 300 metres". A speed camera you reported is treated like any other speed camera.
• Reporting the same spot again doesn't create a duplicate. Reports stay only on your phone (they're not shared).
• In Settings → Events to report you can turn off their alerts or delete them all.
• ⚠️ Under the Codice della Strada (the Italian Highway Code) you mustn't use your phone while driving: report when stopped or ask your passenger to do it.

11. Settings#

To leave the settings, use ✕ Back to the app: it's always visible at the top even while you scroll (or use the phone's Back button). In "Where to?", instead, there's the round ← button at the top left.

ℹ️ Explanations only on request. Throughout the app you'll find icons and short labels; long descriptions are closed, so the screen stays clean. To read them, tap the ⓘ icon (the "i" next to the title or the "ⓘ More info" line).

💡 Suggestions and 🐞 reports (no email)#

In Settings → Help there are two buttons: 💡 Suggest an improvement and 🐞 Report a problem. 1. Tap the button: a window opens. 2. Type your message, or tap the microphone and dictate it. 3. Choose the tick boxes: - 📸 Attach the app screen: the main screen with the map; you see a preview next to it; - 🔧 Attach the latest app errors, for both suggestions and problems. 4. If you like, tap 🖼️ Add images from the phone and pick up to 3 images from the gallery (screenshots or photos): the app needs no permission. You see them as previews; tap a preview to remove it. 5. Tap Send: the message goes straight to the developer, without opening your email ("✅ Thank you! Received: we'll read it to improve the app.").

What is sent: the text, the phone model and Android version, the app version, the language, car/motorbike and, if ticked, the screenshot and the latest app errors, plus the images (up to 3) you added from the gallery. The screenshot may show the map and your position: if you'd rather not, untick it.

Where it goes: to a Google Firebase database in Europe (Milan), used only to improve the app and fix bugs. The app can only send: nobody can read the messages from the app. It's sent only when you tap Send.

The black box (trip log)#

It helps improve the app by analysing real trips. It records only on the phone, one file per day: - every GPS point (about one per second) with accuracy, speed, direction and the position shown on the map; - what the app had ahead (with its position, to check whether you actually passed it) and what it chose not to say; - the alerts spoken, the traffic events received, the trip prediction at departure; - your choices in the app (destination, chosen route, "End", changed settings) and the battery level every 5 minutes; - also the positions received while paused, to check that restarting works.

An hour of driving takes up about 2–3 MB. It's sent only if you send it yourself (Settings → Send trip log) and it's erased with "Delete all my data".

Languages#

The app speaks 6 languages: Italiano, English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português. It normally uses the phone's language automatically; you can change it in Settings → Language. The voice and the TomTom traffic descriptions are in the same language too.

12. Battery tips#

• On Samsung (and many other Android phones): Settings → Apps → Auto Robot CoPilot → Battery → Unrestricted. Otherwise the phone may close the app when the screen is off.
• For automatic start use Settings → 🔧 Check automatic start: it tells you what's missing (location, notifications, physical activity, battery) and takes you to the right setting. With Automatic, waiting while stopped uses about 0.5% battery per hour or less.
• Leave Auto pause when stationary and Rest after a long stop turned on: when you're stopped, battery use drops a lot, and the assistant still restarts by itself.
• On long trips turn on Battery saver or keep the phone charging.
• On the motorbike you can turn the screen off with the button to save battery; keep it on to read the radar view at a glance.

13. Data sources and limitations#

What works without internet: fixed speed cameras, the route you've already chosen, your itineraries, potholes, traffic events already downloaded (they don't update) and the roadworks, road closures and lane closures seen in the last 3 days within 30 km, even after closing and reopening the app. The map only in areas you've already viewed. You need internet for new traffic, search and new routes.

Limitations to be aware of - Tutor (the Italian average-speed camera system) is not included. Mobile speed cameras are not on the map (they move every day), but with the "Mobile speed checks (scheduled)" option in Settings, on by default, the app tells you by voice, once a day, if the Traffic Police has scheduled speed checks today on the road you're driving (list published every Monday: road, province and day, no times or exact spot). It will start working when the list is available in the app. - The speed cameras come from a crowd-sourced map: some may be missing or no longer exist. - The free TomTom service has a limit of 2,500 requests a day. That's plenty for personal use. - Speed camera alerts follow each country's rules (see "Speed cameras in the right direction"): there are none in Switzerland and Germany, and only check zones in France. - The app is available for Android and iPhone: the iPhone version is under review by Apple and coming soon to the App Store (see "The iPhone version").

If something goes wrong#

If the app closes unexpectedly, when you reopen it you'll be offered "Send report": one tap and the report (only technical details, phone model and app version, never your location) goes straight to the developer, no email needed. You can also use Settings → 🐞 Report a problem at any time.

🔒 Privacy and data#

The app saves your itineraries to improve them, not to collect your data. - No account and no server collecting your trips: itineraries, history, places and potholes stay only on your phone. - TomTom only receives the coordinates of each individual request (traffic, route, search). The map comes from MapTiler: to download the map tiles it sees the area you're looking at and your IP address, like any internet service (TomTom sees the IP address too). - For the weather along the route the app only sends Open-Meteo the coordinates of 5 points of the route and the times you'll pass them (Open-Meteo also sees the IP address). - No ads, no data selling. The trip log, suggestions and reports are sent only if you send them. Suggestions and reports go to a Google Firebase database in Europe (Milan) that the app can only write to, not read; the screenshot, if you attach it, may show the map and your position. - The country you're in is worked out by the phone, with the borders stored in the app: your position is not sent. The Physical activity permission (optional) is only used to tell when you get into a vehicle: it stays on the phone and is not stored. - In Settings → 🔒 Privacy and data you'll find the explanation, the "Delete all my data" button and the "🔒 Read the full privacy policy" link (https://autorobotcopilot.web.app/privacy). The privacy policy is updated in 6 languages and mentions MapTiler, Open-Meteo and the suggestions database in Europe (Milan).

Full details (which data, why, where, GDPR and Google Play rules, comparison with other apps) are in PRIVACY_E_NORMATIVA.md (Italian).

⚖️ Legal note. Art. 45, paragraph 9-bis of the Codice della Strada (the Italian Highway Code) bans devices that detect speed cameras while they're operating. According to the 2007 circular from the Italian Ministry of the Interior, however, sat navs with a pre-loaded list of fixed camera locations are legal, since those locations must already be signposted by law: that's what the app does. The assistant is only an aid: the limit shown on the road signs always applies. Don't use your phone while driving: set everything up before you leave, and report potholes when stopped or ask your passenger to do it.

14. Frequently asked questions#

Do I have to set a route? No. That's the app's strong point: it recognises your routes by itself and warns you based on the direction you're heading. "Where to?" is just an extra option.

Why doesn't the voice speak when I'm stopped or going very slowly? The voice only speaks when you're really driving (above about 15 km/h for 10 seconds). When stopped you can still look at the events in the panel.

Can the app start by itself when I get in the car? Yes, as long as you don't switch it off with Stop: with Automatic start when you move set to Automatic it stays in light waiting mode and restarts by itself as soon as you move above ~20 km/h, also on the motorbike; it also restarts when you open the app or as soon as the phone connects to the car's Bluetooth. If you've switched it off completely, connecting to the car brings up the "Are you driving?" notification and one tap is all it takes. If it doesn't restart, use 🔧 Check automatic start.

Is "Detect when I'm driving" still there? Yes: removed in 1.1, it came back in 1.3.7 and is optional. It uses the "Physical activity" permission only to tell when you get in a car or on a motorbike, so the assistant restarts right away; it stays on the phone and is not stored. Without it, the app still restarts with the motion sensor, when you open it or with the car's Bluetooth.

Why does it sometimes say nothing? If it doesn't know where you're going (no destination and no usual trip recognised), in Smart mode it only warns you about speed cameras and nearby problems on the road you're on. That's deliberate: better one useful alert than ten pointless ones.

Can it use artificial intelligence (Gemini, Llama)? It isn't needed to decide which alerts to give you: the road you're on, the route and your habits are enough, and that's faster and more reliable. AI is useful for talking to the robot copilot ("how's the road home?"): that's among the next steps. Gemini Nano on the phone needs a Galaxy S24 or newer; Gemma or Llama can also run on older phones, but they drain the battery.

Does it work on a motorbike? Yes. Choose the 🏍️ Motorbike profile: vibration, beep and voice alerts from your phone, a radar view you can read at a glance and glove mode with big buttons. Queues are yellow, passable with care; closures stay red.

Why is a speed camera missing? The data comes from OpenStreetMap, which is updated by volunteers. Some speed cameras may be missing, especially new ones. Mobile speed cameras are not on the map: see the "Mobile speed checks (scheduled)" option in the limitations above.

I've already seen an event, how do I remove it? Swipe it away with your finger or press ✓ Seen. If you just want to silence it, use 🔕. You'll find it again under "🙈 N set aside".

Does it use a lot of battery? While you're driving it uses about as much as a sat nav (GPS on); less with Battery saver. When you stop it switches to "Paused" and after a long stop it goes to "Resting", with minimal battery use.

Do I need an account or a Google key? No. The map comes from MapTiler (OpenStreetMap data) and there's no need to register.

Does it work with the screen off or with another app open? Yes. The assistant keeps working in the background and shows a notification with the Stop button. Do check the battery setting though (see section 12).

Does it also warn me about queues going the other way? No. Queues on the opposite carriageway are ignored.

When I leave work, does it restart by itself? Yes. If car Bluetooth is turned on, it restarts as soon as you connect; with Automatic it restarts as soon as you move above ~20 km/h, even after a night standing still, or straight away if you open the app (see section 3). Then, once you go above 15 km/h, it guesses "Work → Home" and warns you only about that road; if it hasn't learnt the trip yet, "🏠 Heading to Home" appears as you get closer to home.

Why doesn't my route appear when I open the app while stationary? That's deliberate: the usual trip is guessed only when you really set off (above 15 km/h) and only if you've made it at least 2 times. That way no wrong routes appear while you're still parked.

Why does a red ring appear around the speedometer? You went more than 3 km/h over the road's limit. The limit comes from TomTom; if it isn't known the app uses 130 on motorways and 110 on expressways. The limit on the road signs always applies.

Does it say the time left to arrival out loud? No, it's on screen only: minutes, arrival time and weather in the top box, "⏱ Left 20 min" on the radar. The time takes real traffic into account.

Do I have to set home and work myself? No: after one day of going and coming back, the app works them out by itself and asks you to confirm (see section 10). If you like, you can save them beforehand with ⭐.

Can I move the buttons and panels? Yes: the button column can be dragged, even to the other side, and the events panel moves with its ▬ handle (double-tap to put it back).

Is the car icon accurate? Yes. In a stationary test, indoors in an office, 302 positions over 5 minutes all stayed within 2.5 m (accuracy reported by the phone about 11 m, normal indoors; outdoors 3–5 m) and the data reaches the app in about 40 milliseconds. When paused or resting, the icon only moves with precise fixes, so it doesn't jump.

Why is the app's speed lower than the dashboard's? A car's dashboard always shows a bit more than your real speed, by law; the app shows the real GPS speed. If you'd rather see it like the dashboard, in Settings → "Speed shown" choose +5%, +8% or +10%. Limits and alerts always use the real speed.

The speed camera sound keeps repeating: why? You're over the speed camera's limit: from 400 m the sound repeats every 2.5 seconds. It stops as soon as you slow down below the limit or pass the speed camera. If you're within the limit you hear just one sound at 300 m.

How do I delete just one itinerary or one trip? With the small 🗑 bin in the corner of the tile (in "My itineraries") or next to the trip (in "Trip history"). It always asks for confirmation and deletes only that one.

It warns me about a speed camera facing the other way: what do I do? Nothing special: the app never hides a speed camera, because the position on the map or a learnt direction can be wrong; if it thinks it's for the other direction it adds "maybe for the other direction". If it always bothers you at the same spot, you can mute it with 🔕. On dual carriageways, when it's sure, it says "for the opposite carriageway": with Quiet alert you then get only the text and a short sound.

Why doesn't it warn me about speed cameras in Switzerland or Germany? The law there bans speed camera alerts, apps included, so the app switches them off by itself; in France it only shows check zones. Traffic, queues and roadworks stay. This can't be changed in the settings.

Is there an iPhone version? Yes: it's under review by Apple and coming soon to the App Store (see "The iPhone version").