Roam — AR Live View: point your phone and walk there

For the last stretch on foot or on a bike, Roam can drop the directions right onto the real world through your camera. Instead of reading a map, you look up and follow a path painted over the street ahead.

Start it:
• Begin a walking or biking route in Roam (/me/roam). On the navigation screen choose Live View, then tap Start Live View. Roam asks for camera permission the first time.
• Live View is for foot and bike trips — driving stays on the follow-the-map screen.

What you'll see:
• A route ribbon projected along the ground in the direction you should head.
• A floating chevron pointing toward your next turn, with the distance to it.
• Your remaining distance and arrival time at the bottom. Spoken turn-by-turn keeps going, same as on the map.
• When you reach the spot, a "You've arrived" card.

Keeping it aligned:
• Live View leans on your phone's compass. If it looks off you'll see "Compass needs calibrating — wave your phone in a figure-8" — do that and it snaps in.
• You can also nudge the heading by hand with the ◀ align / align ▶ buttons until the path lines up with the real sidewalk.

Switch back any time:
• Tap Back to map to return to the regular navigation view; your route keeps going without interruption.

Good to know:
• Hold the phone up like you're taking a photo so the camera can see the street.
• It uses your live GPS and compass — the same location permission Roam already uses — plus one camera permission for the view itself.