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From a fresh install to the first stop.

Six steps. The first four are done once; the last two are every morning.

Setting up

Once, then every day.

  1. 1

    Pick who you deliver for

    In Setup, choose the country (US, UK or Ireland) and the carrier: USPS, UPS, FedEx, Royal Mail, An Post or another courier. That sets the side of the road, the units, the clock, the voice and the guaranteed times a parcel can carry.

  2. 2

    Find your post office or depot

    Type its ZIP code, postcode, Eircode routing key or town, and pick it from the list. Or, standing at it, tap I'm at my post office. Its area's map downloads once, ideally on Wi-Fi: choose how far it reaches, up to 30 miles, and watch its progress.

  3. 3

    Choose your vehicle

    An NGDV or LLV, a step van, a cargo van, a small van or your own car. Set its shelves, cells and parcels per cell to match the labels in the truck, and whether to avoid turns across traffic.

  4. 4

    Satellite view (optional)

    In the US, download the area's aerial photos from Setup for use with no signal. In the UK and Ireland they load as you look at the map while there is a signal, and stay on the phone.

  5. 5

    Scan the day's parcels

    Point the camera at each label. The app reads the address and tracking number, makes the stop, and tells you which cell to put the parcel in. You can also type an address, or paste a manifest with one address per line.

  6. 6

    Optimize and go

    Optimize orders the stops. Drive gives spoken turn-by-turn directions to each one, and the stop screen says which cells to grab. Press Delivered at the door; the app remembers where it is.

Worth knowing

Things it does that you might miss.

Every barcode on the label
USPS IMpb, UPS 1Z, FedEx, Royal Mail Mailmark, DPD and the international tracked-item numbers, each checked by its check digit.
Paste a manifest
One address per line, x3 for three parcels, and the whole day goes in at once.
Learns your doors
Pressing Delivered records where you are, and that spot beats any map from then on.
Dark at sundown
Sunset is worked out on the phone for your route, and the screens go dark with it.