Turn-by-Turn Navigation
on Your AR Glasses

Your phone handles all the heavy lifting — GPS, route calculations, address search — and streams everything to your glasses over Bluetooth. Get a live map with your route drawn on it, step-by-step directions, and phone notifications, all floating in your field of view.

No API Keys
No Subscriptions
100% Open Source
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How It Works

Bluetooth-Powered Architecture

Two apps that talk to each other over Bluetooth SPP (Serial Port Profile)

Phone App

  • GPS tracking @ 1Hz
  • OSRM routing
  • Nominatim search
  • BT server
  • A2DP audio

Glasses App

  • Live rotating map
  • Turn-by-turn HUD
  • Route line overlay
  • Phone notifications
  • 3 layout modes
1

Search

Type an address or place name and pick from the results using OpenStreetMap data

2

Navigate

Routes are calculated with OSRM. If you go off-route, it automatically recalculates

3

Follow

Your glasses show a live rotating map with your route, step-by-step directions, and more

What's New

Latest features and improvements to Rokid Maps — enhancing your navigation experience

Speed Display

Real-time speed shown in MPH or KMH while navigating. Know exactly how fast you're going at a glance.

Earlier Turn Alerts

Configurable distance threshold for showing next turn. Get more time to prepare — set your preference in settings.

Full-Screen Notifications

Important alerts now show full-screen on glasses. Critical updates get your attention instantly when needed.

In-App Support

Buy Me A Coffee button integrated into phone app. Support development directly from within the app when it's most convenient for you.

Smart Map Caching

Map tiles cached locally for instant loading. Set cache size limits and clear anytime from settings. Huge performance boost!

Powerful Features

Live Map Display

Rotates with your heading, renders dark-themed tiles with a green HUD overlay

Turn-by-Turn Directions

Shows current instruction, maneuver arrow, and distance to next turn

Route Line Overlay

Your full route drawn on the map with a glowing green line

Phone Notifications

Your texts, emails, whatever — they show up on your glasses

Voice Directions

TTS reads out your turns and routes audio to your glasses via Bluetooth A2DP

Tile Proxy

If glasses don't have Wi-Fi, phone fetches map tiles and sends them over Bluetooth

Save Places

Found a spot you like? Save it. Long-press to delete

Over-the-Air Updates

Push app updates to glasses over Bluetooth without cables or ADB

Three Layout Modes

Full, Corner, or Mini — tap to cycle through display layouts

Free & Open Source

OSRM

Routing engine with no API key required. Fast, accurate directions powered by open-source software.

Nominatim

Address search powered by OpenStreetMap. No API key, no rate limits, just free location search.

OpenStreetMap

Map data from the world's largest free and open geographic database (ODbL license).

CartoDB

Beautiful dark-themed map tiles (Dark Matter) with a green tint perfect for AR displays (CC BY-SA).

OSMDroid

Android map library that brings it all together with efficient tile management and rendering.

Open Source

Use it, modify it, build on it. The entire codebase is free and open for everyone.

See It In Action

Real screenshots from the Rokid Maps apps running on actual hardware

Glasses Display

Fullscreen map view
Full Layout

Live Map Navigation

Dark-themed map with route line overlay, compass, and step-by-step directions

Corner map layout
Corner Layout

Compact Map View

Small map in bottom-right corner with full text visibility

Mini bottom map
Mini Layout

Minimal Display

Strip at bottom with just direction and distance, no notifications

Glasses navigation screen
Navigation

Turn Instructions

Clear maneuver arrow and distance to next turn displayed prominently

Glasses with notifications
Notifications

Phone Alerts

Texts, emails, and other phone notifications appear on glasses

Glasses compass view
Compass

Orientation Display

Bearing degrees and compass showing which way is north

Phone Interface

Phone search interface
Search & Navigation

Easy Address Search

Type any address or place name, pick from results, start navigation with one tap

Support Development

Rokid Maps is free and open-source. If you find it useful and want to support continued development, consider buying me a coffee. Your support helps keep this project free and accessible to everyone.

Buy Me A Coffee
Every coffee helps! ☕

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