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> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.com.tr/support/navigator/en/llms.txt

# Set up hints on the route

As you move along your route, the app gives you voice hints. The hint priority is as follows:

1. **Exit numbering**.
   *Example:* "in 700 meters, take the second exit and turn right".

2. **Directional indicators**.
   *Example:* "in 500 meters, keep right toward the airport".

3. **[Landmarks](*landmarks) and organizations**.
   *Example:* "turn left, then drive under the overpass" or "after the gas station, turn right".

   Organizations are announced by their business type or name, if they are part of large, well-known chains.

4. **Street names**.
   *Example:* "turn left onto Bratislavskaya Street".

## Enable background navigation {#background}

Yandex Navigator can run in the background, giving you directions and hints even when the app is collapsed or your device screen is off. To enable background navigation:


1. <!-- source: en/_includes/reusables/id-navigation-settings/step1.md -->
   Tap **![](_assets/profile-icon.svg) (profile picture)**. If you're not logged in, tap ![](_assets/menu-burger.svg).
   <!-- endsource: en/_includes/reusables/id-navigation-settings/step1.md -->
    
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   Tap **Settings** → **Navigation**.
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1. Turn the **Background navigation** option on or off.

If your system and app languages are different, background notifications will appear in the app's language.

{% cut "Background navigation doesn't work on my device" %}

1. Open your device settings.
1. In the list of apps, select **Yandex Navigator**.
1. Tap **Notifications**.
1. Enable **Background navigation**.

{% endcut %}

To receive notifications when the app is hidden, enable [Background navigation instructions](#background-tips).


### Background navigation instructions {#background-tips}

{% note info %}

Only on Android devices.

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Turn notifications can be displayed when the app is in the background. To enable background navigation instructions:

1. <!-- source: en/_includes/reusables/id-navigation-settings/step1.md -->
   Tap **![](_assets/profile-icon.svg) (profile picture)**. If you're not logged in, tap ![](_assets/menu-burger.svg).
   <!-- endsource: en/_includes/reusables/id-navigation-settings/step1.md -->
    
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   Tap **Settings** → **Navigation**.
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1. Enable **Background navigation instructions**.

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{% note info %}

The instructions may vary depending on the Android version and device model.

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1. Open your device settings.
1. In the list of apps, select **Yandex Navigator**.
1. Tap **Notifications**.
1. Enable **Background navigation instructions**.

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## Alternative routes {#alt-road}

Yandex Navigator can suggest alternative routes that may have the same travel time.


To see alternative routes to your selected map point:

1. <!-- source: en/_includes/reusables/id-navigation-settings/step1.md -->
   Tap **![](_assets/profile-icon.svg) (profile picture)**. If you're not logged in, tap ![](_assets/menu-burger.svg).
   <!-- endsource: en/_includes/reusables/id-navigation-settings/step1.md -->
    
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   Tap **Settings** → **Navigation**.
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1. Enable **Alternative routes**.

This setting doesn't affect the display of [faster routes](https://yandex.com.tr/support/navigator/en/route-movement.md). When following a route, Yandex Navigator will continue to show faster routes, even if the **Alternative routes** option is enabled.

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[*landmarks]: Landmarks are distinctive, clearly visible, stationary objects or terrain features, such as overpasses, railway bridges, tunnels, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, alternate roads, and the like.