Frequently asked questions

With 100 percent coverage, MAQNIFY Drive is the only app to offer free and ad-free explanations of every single destination behind the tourist attraction signs in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

You can listen to an audio story of all 4,100 brown signs along the motorway in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The length of the content varies depending on whether the municipality is already a funding partner or supporter of MAQNIFY Drive. Much of the content is also loaded from the official central tourist databases of the federal states and tourist regions. In these cases, we have no direct influence on the content displayed.

We have located all the brown tourist attraction signs in Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg using GPS and entered them into the MAQNIFY Drive database.

MAQNIFY Drive currently works on all motorways and some federal highways. We are working on integrating the information signs on federal highways into MAQNIFY Drive across the board.

In order to provide you with the best possible listening experience while driving, MAQNIFY Drive needs access to your location. Only when MAQNIFY Drive knows where you are can it play the right audio content for your route and show you the distance to your destination.

No, MAQNIFY Drive is free of charge. You can download the app free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. You may incur costs for mobile data transfer. These depend on your mobile phone tariff and provider.

In principle, you can enjoy MAQNIFY Drive in any vehicle that is approved for use on motorways. We recommend connecting your smartphone to your vehicle via Bluetooth audio, Android Auto/Apple CarPlay or an AUX cable. This will allow the audio content to be played through your vehicle's speakers. Of course, you can still listen to your favourite radio station, podcast or music in the meantime.

Yes, once you have activated Live Mode in MAQNIFY Drive, you can put your smartphone away and concentrate fully on driving. MAQNIFY Drive automatically plays an audio clip at every brown sign without any further operation. MAQNIFY Drive also continues to run in the background, meaning that the app does not have to be the active display screen. This allows you to activate Live Mode before your journey and then load your usual navigation app in the foreground or turn off the screen.

Yes, MAQNIFY Drive also works when you are using the radio or another sound source in your car. If your smartphone is connected to your vehicle via Bluetooth audio, Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, the volume will automatically be turned down when you pass an information sign so that you can enjoy the audio content in full quality. MAQNIFY Drive continues to run in the background with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, meaning the app does not have to be the active display screen. This allows you to activate live mode before driving and then load your usual navigation app in the foreground or turn off the screen.

Yes, MAQNIFY Drive continues to run in the background with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, meaning that the app does not have to be the active display screen. This allows you to activate Live Mode before driving and then load your usual navigation app in the foreground or turn off the screen.

If a brown sign is located shortly after the driveway, it is possible that the associated audio contribution will not be played. In order for the adventure guide to determine the direction in which you are travelling, you will pass through two different GPS points. If the first GPS point is before the slip road, in a few cases it may happen that no audio contribution is played at the first panel after the slip road.

If you spot a brown sign that isn't yet in MAQNIFY Drive, please let us know at info@maqnify.com so that we can add it as soon as possible and make your next motorway journey an experience to remember.

As we have not yet driven past all the signs in person to check them, it is possible that the GPS point has not been set exactly. If you notice such a sign, please send a message to info@maqnify.com, so that we can correct the GPS point as soon as possible.

You can listen to all audio clips at any time in the respective detailed entry. Simply click on the loudspeaker symbol.

Yes, you can navigate directly to all destinations. To do so, go to the detailed entry via the map or list view. A click on the address opens your preferred navigation app on your smartphone and takes you directly to your destination.

Yes, that is possible. You can use the filter function in the map or the list view to filter the entries according to various categories. You can set as many filters as you like. The display is then updated automatically. Use the "Reset" button to return to the overall view.

Yes, that is possible. You can use the filter function in the map or the list view to filter the entries according to different regions or the Bunes countries. You can set as many filters as you like. The display is then updated automatically. You can return to the overall view by clicking on the "Reset" button.

The app is available in German, English, French and Dutch. The language is automatically set to your preferred language setting on your smartphone. You can also change the language manually in the ‘Settings’ section, e.g. if you have international guests in your vehicle or want to improve your language skills. Please note that not all content is currently available in all languages.

You can change the language manually at any time in the "Settings" item, e.g. if you have international guests in the vehicle or simply want to improve your language skills.

Yes, you can use MAQNIFY Drive while driving even without a (constant) internet connection. To ensure you have the best possible listening experience even in areas with poor reception, we have integrated all audio data into a download package that you can easily download. To access the entries on the map or in the list view, you need an internet connection. This ensures that all entries are always up to date and you never miss an event notice, for example.

No problem. Go to the settings and click on the start button next to Tutorial. Now you can watch everything again at your leisure. The tutorial can be called up at any time.