Scenic 4: Seeing the world anew

Take more control

We recently announced the latest evolution for the Scenic navigation suite, Scenic 4, which will be arriving in the App Store on October 1st. Our latest iteration of Scenic was made possible by partnering with a new map provider whose values are more aligned with our community. 

We are now incredibly excited to share the newest features and improvements that will transform your experience with Scenic and allow you to take more control over your adventures.

What does this mean for you?

In short, our new partnership will unlock many of the features that our customers have always wanted and deserved as well as some welcome surprises. Here’s a taste of those features:

Updated user interface

UI has always been a major priority for Scenic and we have previously used your feedback to make incremental improvements, but with the launch of Scenic 4 we wanted to address your larger suggestions. We’ve improved our interface from top to bottom, retaining the features you love and fixing the ones you don’t. The new UI is more intuitive and will create a cascading effect that streamlines the integration of future suggestions, allowing us to get better, faster. 

Meticulous mapping

Our new map provider is empowering us to provide you with maps of much greater detail without compromising on clarity. And later on you’ll be able to customize colors, font sizes, road widths, and zoom levels for individual elements to view your routes your way. 

Street View/Lookaround

Many of you like to not only know where you’re going but what awaits you there too. Satellites can only get you so far though and with Street View, you can seamlessly pull up on-the-ground images for any location on your route. 

Color me excited

Powerful new customization options allow you to designate unique colors for each route, ride, location, and POI group for easy identification. 

Telling your story

Scenic 4 gives you a clearer, more comprehensive view of your riding statistics, using accessible charts to chronicle your whole journey with us from your first adventure to your latest. 

Powerful new routing options

Scenic 4 offers many new routing criteria that let you craft rides, drives, and even hikes to your personal vision.

Total global coverage

HERE could not provide map support for large swathes of Central and East Asia as well as a few other countries. Scenic 4 will have complete global coverage with every region available for offline map download through an all-new support system. Simply tap on a region and carry it with you, wherever you are.

Supercharged Power Planner

Our Power Planner is one of our most beloved features and with Scenic 4, you’ll be able to use it from anywhere in the app. For the first time, you’ll be able to create one-off routes and mid-navigation route changes using the power planner too.

The road ahead

The legendary Dutch soccer player Johan Cruyf used to say “Every advantage has its disadvantage” and Scenic 4 currently has some limitations, which we’ll be addressing over the coming months. In the meantime, here are a few reminders to help you have a smoother transition: 

Secure your offline maps

When you switch to Scenic 4, your existing offline HERE maps will no longer be supported so you’ll have to download your offline maps again. 

Check your routes

Since our new map framework uses different maps and a new routing algorithm, your previously created routes may be altered in Scenic 4. So, before you set out on a trip using one of these Scenic 3 routes, double-check that it still looks the same in Scenic 4. 

No 3D mode (yet)

Our new map provider doesn’t support 3D mode yet so you won’t have access to the 3D perspective map immediately after making the switch. The map will use a 2D top-down perspective until our provider can integrate the new 3D mode. 

Safety camera warnings 

One of the most popular features we added in Scenic 3.5 was our integrated safety camera warnings. Although HERE had those integrated, we’re now working directly with a 3rd party provider to embed those into Scenic 4, and we are close: They will be available before the 2025 riding season starts. 

For our European members, there’s an added bonus because we’re now introducing this feature in Germany and Switzerland, which wasn’t possible with HERE.

Road closures and traffic warnings

We’ve had road closures and traffic data since Scenic 3, however we’ve not been able to fully integrate those insights into live route calculations. We are now solving that problem but we need a little more time to develop a solution with our 3rd party provider. 

How to switch to Scenic 4

When you open Scenic on or after October 1st, you’ll receive a message prompting you to update to Scenic 4 in the App Store, available on devices running iOS 16.4 and up. In the next few weeks, we’ll be releasing more information on our continued journey, so stay tuned, and thank you for making us a part of your adventures. 

In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, you can check the comments below, the Scenic 4 announcement article and the comments there, you can check the forum, and reach us through the help page.