<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><h1 property="dc:title" datatype="" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal; "><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How to ask Siri for walking directions using Google Maps or another transit app. </span></font></h1><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Monday, Jan 6, 2014 a 3:14 pm. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By <a href="http://m.imore.com/users/allyson-kazmucha" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/allyson-kazmucha" typeof="sioc:UserAccount" property="foaf:name" datatype="" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">Allyson Kazmucha</a>. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.imore.com/siri" title="Everything you need to know about Siri" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">Siri</a> can help you do all kinds of things, including help you get transit directions, even if Apple Maps doesn't support them. If you've got Google Maps or another transit direction app installed, Siri is smart enough to integrate with it in most instances. Here's how:</span></font></p><ol style="border: 0px; margin: 0.25em 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; "><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Press and hold the <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Home button</strong> on your iPhone or iPad to activate Siri.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now ask Siri to give you transit directions by saying something like "Give me transit directions from Waterloo Station to Westminster." Obviously you would replace my directions with your own.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Siri then suggests what app you'd like to use. I use Google Maps and if you are too, tap on <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; ">Route</strong>. Keep in mind you must have Google Maps installed on the iPhone or iPad in question for Siri to recommend it.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Google Maps or the transit app chosen will now launch and provide directions.</span></li></ol><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That's all there is to it. I've found this to be an easy way to bypass using Apple Maps too. If you'd rather use Google Maps with Siri, you can always just ask for transit directions every time and then just toggle between driving and walking once Google Maps launches.</span></div></div><div><div class="meta-author submitted" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; overflow: hidden; "><span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2014-01-06T15:14:29-05:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" rel="sioc:has_creator" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By <a href="http://m.imore.com/users/allyson-kazmucha" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/allyson-kazmucha" typeof="sioc:UserAccount" property="foaf:name" datatype="" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">Allyson Kazmucha</a>, </span></div><div class="meta-author submitted" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; overflow: hidden; "><span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2014-01-06T15:14:29-05:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" rel="sioc:has_creator" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="meta-author submitted" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; overflow: hidden; "><span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2014-01-06T15:14:29-05:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" rel="sioc:has_creator" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="meta-author submitted" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; overflow: hidden; "><span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2014-01-06T15:14:29-05:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" rel="sioc:has_creator" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="meta-author submitted" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; overflow: hidden; "><span property="dc:date dc:created" content="2014-01-06T15:14:29-05:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime" rel="sioc:has_creator" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Monday, Jan 6, 2014 a 3:14 pm</span></div></div></body></html>