Here I Am Now!8.0.1 - App Store

iPHONE FEATURES

. Here I Am Now! displays your current location on a map and follows you as you move. It uses reverse geocoding and speech synthesis to display and announce each street address as you pass nearby (e.g.; “4 Elm Street”, “6 Elm Street”, “8 Elm Street”, etc.). It follows you on a detailed map as you drive, ride, or walk past buildings and residences, verbally announcing each address as you pass by. The use of synthesized speech means that you are not distracted by having to look at a screen, but rather can just listen to the spoken addresses as you pass nearby. A speedometer and compass are also optionally displayed on the map if you are moving at a significant rate.

. Here I Am Now! displays an interactive 3D map and 3D aerial imagery of your current location. It also displays an Apple panoramic Look Around view of this location in areas where Look Around is available, and permits saving the Look Around view to your photos library. A Google Street View can also be viewed and saved to your photos library in areas where Street View is available. The heading of the displayed Street View is the direction that your iPhone is facing when you enter Street View. Look Around and Street View are especially helpful at night when a daytime view of your location may be essential to identify that you are in the correct location.

. Here I Am Now! is very simple to use, requiring no setup - just launch Here I Am Now! and it immediately begins to follow you.

. Here I Am Now! allows you to share your current location with friends and family, but only if you elect to do so. You can send your current location information via Messages and Mail, or post it to Twitter, Facebook, and many other services. The information sent varies by service selected, but generally includes your current location information (street address, city, state, and zip code), your current map coordinates (latitude & longitude), and an optional photo of your location, allowing others to quickly find directions to your current location using the iOS Maps App or other navigation Apps.

. You can take a photo of your current location or a selfie at your current location, or use any photo currently in your photos library to include with your shared location information if you so desire.

. HereI Am Now! also provides more detailed location information including your current latitude, longitude, altitude, speed, heading, course, and estimated location accuracy, as well as complete address information.

OTHER INFO

. Obviously Here I Am Now! is only effective in areas where locations have been geocoded, but that includes most cities in the US. Here I Am Now! also relies on GPS signals to determine your detailed location and cellular (or Wi-Fi) network connections to access the geocoding data. As with all navigation applications, the accuracy of information displayed and spoken by Here I Am Now! is dependent on many factors, including GPS and geocoding availability and accuracy, and network connectivity. Please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

APPLE WATCH FEATURES

. Here I Am Now! for Apple Watch provides a small detailed map of your current location, as well as a display of your current street address. It uses reverse geocoding and speech synthesis to display and announce each street address as you move along. Here I Am Now! for Apple Watch allows you to zoom this map in or out to achieve the best view. When used with an Apple Watch with cellular capability Here I Am Now! for Apple Watch can operate entirely independent of the iPhone.

Version History Migrated Here I Am Now Watch App to Swift and Swift UI.
Updated Spanish and French localizations.
Fixed several bugs. 8.0.1 Jun 22 Minor bug fixes and changes to support the latest Apple software. 7.1 10/11/2025 Updated for compatibility with the latest Operating System releases. 7.0 09/15/2025 Minor bug fixes and interface improvements. 6.2 07/28/2025 Minor bug fixes. 6.1.1 07/25/2025 Bug fixes and Performance Enhancements 6.1 04/17/2025 Added a button to the 3D Map Display to allow stopping of map tracking of your current location. This will stop the map from following your current location to allow the user to take full advantage of the interactive features of 3D maps, including moving around the map, zooming the map, rotating the map, and changing its perspective. You can select "Go" to continue map tracking or "Stop" to halt map tracking. 6.0.1 10/01/2024 Added an interactive 3D map and 3D aerial imagery of your current location. An Apple Look Around panoramic view of your current location is also displayed in locations where Look Around is available. This Look Around image can also be saved to your Photos Library.

Added a capability to view a panoramic Google Street View of your current location in areas where Street View is available. The Street View image can also be saved to your Photos Library.

Changed the display layout to accommodate the above additional features.

Made several changes to ensure compatibility with iOS 18. 6.0 09/30/2024 Several changes were made to improve performance and replace old and outdated code with more modern code.
Several bugs were fixed. 5.0.1 07/10/2024 Made a number of under the hood changes to remove old and outdated code and replace with more modern code. No changes were made to App look and functionality. 5.0 06/16/2024 Minor bug fixes. 4.8.1 02/13/2024 Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements. 4.8 01/14/2024 Minor bug fixes. 4.7.6 08/27/2023 Just minor bug fixes. 4.7.5 08/26/2023 Minor bug fixes and performance enhancements. 4.7.3 08/28/2022 Minor bug fix to avoid potential memory management issue. 4.7.2 08/12/2022 Minor bug fix to correct slight image misalignment on some iPhones. 4.7.1 08/10/2022 1. Added a capability to open the Apple Maps app to the current location. This allows use of the many extensive features of Apple Maps, including the Look Around feature which is now available in many locations. Just touch the “View in Maps App” button on the Street View page.
2. Incorporated code to implement a change in our Notification Services provider. Please note that all push notifications sent to users of this app will continue to be very infrequent, and will never contain advertisements for any 3rd party products or services.
3. Implemented several minor changes to provide better compatibility and improved performance. 4.7 08/08/2022 Minor bug fixes. 4.5.1 02/27/2022 Minor bug fixes
Minor changes for better performance with iOS 15 and watchOS 8 4.5 02/08/2022 Compatibility with iOS 14 and watchOS 7
Improved icons and screen layouts
Minor bug fixes
Here I Am Now! requires Precise Location setting to properly function 4.4 09/17/2020 Fixed several bugs in the Apple Watch App to achieve improved performance and reliability. 4.3 04/01/2020 Updated detail view to better display on smaller screens.
Updated deprecated API and Frameworks to newer versions for improved compatibility, security, and reliability.
Fixed App crash on initial launch with iOS 9.3.
Fixed several bugs in the Apple Watch App to achieve improved performance and reliability. 4.2 01/28/2020 Here I Am Now! 4.1:
Updated Here I Am Now! using the latest version of Xcode to avoid potential problems when running on iOS 11 or earlier.

Here I Am Now! 4.0:
Implemented Dark Mode for iOS 13 and made changes to the iOS App to facilitate creation of an Independent Watch App.
Corrected errors that resulted in multiple instances of overlapping spoken addresses with iOS 13.
Changed spoken street addresses to only occur when there is a single street number (previously only the street name would be spoken if there was a street number range or no street number - but this resulted in excessive spoken addresses when traveling fast). Touching the street address display will still produce a spoken street address even with the Voice Switch OFF.
The Voice Switch on the iOS App no longer controls the Voice Switch on the Watch App and vice versa (the Voice Switch on either device only controls the voice on that particular device).
Created an independent Watch App for watchOS 6.
Added voice synthesis to the Watch App (previously the Watch App did not speak addresses).
Touching the Street Number on the Watch will speak the current street address.
The default setting for watch autorotation is now OFF, but can be turned ON in the Settings. When turned ON, the watch display will autorotate when the wrist is turned away from the body, allowing friends to see an upright image of the map display merely by rotating your wrist. 4.1 09/17/2019 Implemented Dark Mode for iOS 13 and made changes to the iOS App to facilitate creation of an Independent Watch App.

Corrected errors that resulted in multiple instances of overlapping spoken addresses with iOS 13.

Changed spoken street addresses to only occur when there is a single street number (previously only the street name would be spoken if there was a street number range or no street number - but this resulted in excessive spoken addresses when traveling fast). Touching the street address display will still produce a spoken street address even with the Voice Switch OFF.

The Voice Switch on the iOS App no longer controls the Voice Switch on the Watch App and vice versa (the Voice Switch on either device only controls the voice on that particular device).

Created an independent Watch App for watchOS 6.

Added voice synthesis to the Watch App (previously the Watch App did not speak addresses).

Touching the Street Number on the Watch will speak the current street address.

The default setting for watch autorotation is now OFF, but can be turned ON in the Settings. When turned ON, the watch display will autorotate when the wrist is turned away from the body, allowing friends to see an upright image of the map display merely by rotating your wrist. 4.0 09/12/2019