Getting Directions to a Contact

If you’ve stored someone’s street address (either a home or work address) you might want to know the fastest route to that location. To get directions from your current location to a stored street address, follow these steps:

  1. From the Home screen, tap Contacts. The Contacts screen appears.

  2. Find a contact that you want to visit.

  3. Tap on the person’s displayed street address. The Maps screen appears and displays a red pin at the location of the street address.

  4. Tap the Directions tab in the upper-left corner of the Maps screen. A blue direction bar appears at the bottom of the Maps screen.

  5. Tap the Car (driving), Bus (mass transit), or Man (walking) icon and tap Start to see a list of directions from your current location ...

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