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Keep a trip in mind.
Save where you’re going, check the forecast and find public guided walks near your destination. If there isn’t one, you can ask Gander to try making a private walk for your trip.
Your own
tour guide.
Follow a guided walk or explore on your own. Gander plays stories about the places around you and answers your questions along the way.
Maps: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Simplified for illustration.
Choose a guided walk or create your own.
Explore with a prebuilt walk curated by Gander, create your own route, or ask Gander to make a walk for somewhere you have in mind. Gander guides you between stops with stories and directions, and you can ask questions whenever something catches your eye.
Choose a walk nearby and download the route and recorded stories before you go.
Go wherever you like on a Free Walk.
Walk through any street, city or town in a supported region. There’s no route to follow: ask Gander about a building, shop, statue or park that catches your eye.
You can learn about somewhere new, or find something you never knew about a place you’ve walked past for years.
Supported regions
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More regions coming soon. Gander checks coverage before you start a walk or request a guide.
Look at a place and press your AirPod stem to hear its story.
With compatible AirPods, Gander works out what you’re looking at without using your camera, so your phone can stay in your pocket while you explore.
Using other headphones? Point your iPhone at the place and tap to ask.
Ask Gander about anything that makes you curious.
You can ask follow-up questions as if you are with a real expert. Hear about a church, then ask, “What about the statue in front?” Gander follows the conversation.
Speak your question or type it. You can ask on a Guided Walk or a Free Walk.
A little more for the journey.
Make room for the trip, and for the music between stories.
Bring a soundtrack.
Download a playlist for your walk. Music plays between stories and pauses while Gander speaks or listens.
Save a place
before you go.
Add a trip, check the forecast and find public walks nearby.
Coverage varies by location.
Globe markers are illustrative.
A few good
questions.
Anything else on your mind?
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Do I need AirPods?
No. You can point the top of your iPhone towards a place and tap to ask about it. Compatible AirPods add head direction and stem controls, so your phone can stay in your pocket.
What’s the difference between the walks?
A Guided Walk gives you a route with stories along the way. Free Walk lets you go where you like and ask about the places you come across. You can ask follow-up questions in either.
Can I use it without a signal?
Download a guided walk before setting off and its route and recorded stories are available offline. New questions and Free Walk stories need a connection.
How does it know what I’m looking at?
Gander uses your location, the direction you’re facing or pointing, and a map of nearby places. It doesn’t use your camera. If a few places line up, tell it which one you mean.
Are the stories always right?
Gander uses AI to turn place information into stories and answers. It can mix up places or get details wrong. Ask a follow-up if something sounds off, and check facts that matter to you.
How can I get in touch?
Questions about a walk, feedback or a place you’d like us to look at? Send us a message, or email hello@gander.fyi.
Fancy a gander?
A question about the app, a story to share, or a place we should know about? We’d love to hear from you.
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