Compass apps might seem like simple tools, but their functionality goes beyond just pointing north. These apps detect direction with surprising accuracy by leveraging the device's built-in ...

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There are lots of fake or sometimes compass apps that don’t work on the Google Play Store. That can make it difficult when trying to find one for that hiking trip you planned, or if you just like ...

The Compass app comes built-in on every new iPhone, and it's helpful when you want to make sure you're going in the right direction. Here's how to launch the app, calibrate it, and use it to find your ...

The Apple Watch Ultra heralded an improved Compass app as part of its focus on outdoor navigation – and that’s now rolled out onto both generations of the Apple Watch SE and Series 5 and newer models.

When most of us think about orienting ourselves when we're lost, Apple Maps or Google Maps are the first tools that come to ...

On Thursday, designer Matt Webb unveiled a new iPhone app called Galactic Compass, which always points to the center of the Milky Way galaxy—no matter where Earth is positioned on our journey through ...

How to calibrate the iPhone compass app? Often, when you open your Compass application, you cannot see the option to calibrate it because it’s already been calibrated. However, this calibration ...

watchOS 9 updates the Compass app on Apple Watch into a new and improved version. It now brings new handy features that specifically make wayfinding easier than ever. Apple has finally rolled out the ...

Apple with the introduction of the Apple Watch Ultra showed off a redesigned and more expansive Compass app, which, as it turns out, is available to existing Apple Watch models in watchOS 9. Available ...

We need reliable and maps and compasses to get where we want to. Here are ten amazing Compass apps for Windows 11/10. Some of them are more than just a compass. They all have very useful features that ...