How to use LeMoove's Walk with me on the way home
Say where you're going and who looks out for you. If the route, a stop or the time goes off plan, they know right away.
Walk with me
Someone looking out for you, all the way to the door
Heading home alone at night, hitting the road or crossing town? Say where you're going and who looks out for you. If the route, a stop or the time goes off plan, they know right away, and you answer “I'm okay” with one tap.
How it works
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Say where you're going
On the map or in your Profile, tap Walk with me, then Start a trip. Choose one of your places or a route saved in My routes.
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Choose who looks out for you
Pick the people from your groups who'll follow along, check the expected arrival time and tap Start.
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Go on your way
Left the route, stopped along the way or running late? The people looking out for you get the alert right away, and the app asks you: Are you okay?
What Walk with me watches
Three signs that something may have changed, checked by the server on every position that comes in.
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Left the route
With a saved route, a detour only counts when two positions in a row are far from it, so a GPS wobble doesn't become an alarm. Without a saved route, moving away from the destination is what counts.
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Stopped along the way
A stop of 12 minutes or more away from where you started and where you're going. Traffic lights and the bakery line don't count.
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Running late
The expected time comes from your earlier trips there. Past it without arriving, the people following along are told.
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Arrived
Your arrival is announced on its own. You can also tap I've arrived or End. With no arrival, the trip ends on its own after 12 hours.
“Are you okay?” and “I'm on it”
The alert goes straight to the people looking out for you. At the same time your phone asks, and your answer puts everyone at ease.
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I'm okay
One tap and the people following along get “replied that everything is okay”. If the detour was on purpose, the rest of the trip is watched by distance from the destination.
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I need help
Opens SOS, with the 10-second countdown and your location sent to the groups you chose.
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I'm on it
Whoever got the alert taps I'm on it: everyone else following along, and you, learn who's handling it, and the repeats stop.
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No answer, the alert comes back
If nobody answers, the alert repeats for the people looking out for you at 15, 45 and 105 minutes. Getting back on the route also helps: they get “is back on the way”.
What the people following along see
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You and the destination on the map
The trip screen shows where you are and where you're heading, updating on its own as you move.
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The expected time and any delay
They see the expected arrival and, if it comes to that, how long you're past it.
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A notice at each step
“is heading to Home”, “is back on the way”, “arrived”. Everything also stays in Notifications.
Ready-made routes, nothing to draw
Your usual way comes from your own trips. There's no route to trace.
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Save to Walk with me
On the timeline or the map of one of your trips, tap Save to Walk with me. It becomes one of My routes.
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The app offers when you arrive
Took a new way somewhere? When you arrive, the app offers to save the route you just took.
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Or just the destination
For a place you've never been, choose one of your places. The app watches for you moving away from it, stops and the time.
At a glance
- Plans
- All of them, Free included
- Who looks out for you
- The people from your groups you choose
- Destination
- A saved route or one of your places
- Stop that alerts
- 12 min or more away from start and destination
- Unanswered alert
- Repeats at 15, 45 and 105 min
- Automatic end
- 12 hours after it starts
Walk with me isn't an emergency service
It alerts the people you chose. If you're in danger, call your local emergency number, or tap I need help to open SOS.
Questions about Walk with me
Does Walk with me cost extra?
No. It's part of every plan, Free included, just like SOS.
How is Walk with me different from SOS?
SOS asks for help now. Walk with me is the planned request: you let people know before you leave, and they're only alerted if the route, a stop or the time goes off plan.
Do the people following along need to be in my group?
Yes. You choose from the people in your groups. They get the alerts and see you on the map while the trip lasts.
What if I forget to end it?
Arriving at the destination ends it on its own. If you don't arrive, the trip ends after 12 hours.
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