This wikiHow teaches you how to view speed limits within the iPhone Maps app when you are using directions to a destination. If you don't want to use Apple's Maps application, you can use the free Waze program to check speed limits along your route. Remember that speed limits are not shown in Google Maps for iOS devices.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Apple Maps
Step 1. Launch the Settings app
iPhone.
Tap the corresponding icon with a gray gear.
Step 2. Scroll the "Settings" menu down to be able to select the Maps app
It is displayed in the center of the "Settings" menu before the app Safari.
Step 3. Scroll down the new menu appeared to be able to select the Navigation item
It is located at the bottom of the screen. A new menu will appear.
Step 4. Tap the white "Speed Limit" slider
It will turn green
to indicate that the speed limits in the areas that support this service will also be displayed within the Apple Maps app when you use it as a GPS navigator to get to the destination you have set.
If the "Speed Limit" slider located in the "Navigation" menu is green, it means that information regarding speed limits is already displayed within the Maps app
Method 2 of 2: Waze
Step 1. Download Waze
If you have already installed the app in question on your iPhone, you can skip directly to step number seven of this section. Waze is a free third-party app that can provide you with speed limits on the roads you are on. To download Waze on iPhone, follow these instructions:
-
Login to AppStore iPhone
Iphoneappstoreicon App Store;
- Access the card Search for located at the bottom of the screen;
- Tap the search bar displayed at the top of the screen;
- Type the waze keyword, then tap the key Search for;
- Push the button Get located on the right of the "Waze GPS & Live Traffic" app;
- Tap Touch ID (or enter your Apple ID password) when prompted.
Step 2. Launch the Waze app
Push the button You open located on the App Store page dedicated to the program or tap the white icon showing the Waze logo (a small smiling ghost) that appeared in the iPhone Home.
Step 3. Press the Allow button when prompted
Doing so will authorize the Waze app to have access to iPhone location services.
Step 4. Press the Get Started button
It is blue in color and located at the bottom of the screen.
Step 5. Scroll down the page and press the Accept button
It is located at the bottom of the list of terms and conditions for using the licensed service. This will bring up the Waze user interface where you can browse the map.
If prompted to enable notifications, choose whether to accept or not by pressing the button Allow or Do not allow.
Step 6. Close the initial tutorial screen if necessary
If the tutorial window appears, tap the icon X located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Step 7. Tap the "Search" icon
It is located in the lower left corner of the screen. A menu will appear.
Step 8. Tap the "Settings" icon
It is characterized by a gear and is located in the upper left corner of the appeared menu.
Step 9. Scroll down the menu that appeared to be able to select the Speedometer item
It is displayed in the center of the menu.
Step 10. Select the Show speed limit option
It is displayed at the top of the "Speedometer" menu.
Step 11. Choose the item Always show speed limit
This way Waze will be able to view speed limits in areas that support this type of service while you use the app as a navigator to reach the destination you have set.
- Alternatively you can choose the option Shows when the speed limit is exceeded according to your needs.
- If you want to be warned when you exceed a speed limit, select the option When to show in the "Speedometer" menu, then choose one of the items proposed.
