★ ★ ★ what3words Overview
Software Features and Description
1. You can find what3words addresses in travel guides, website contact pages, invitations, travel booking confirmations and more – anywhere you would normally find location information.
2. Now you can find, share and navigate to precise locations using three simple words.
3. Every 10 foot square has been given a unique combination of three words: a what3words address.
4. If you’re invited to a friend’s home, ask them to share their what3words address.
5. what3words is an easy way to identify precise locations.
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Download and install what3words: Navigation & Maps on your computer
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Or follow the guide below to use on PC:
Select Windows version:
- Windows 7-10
- Windows 11
Download and install the what3words: Navigation & Maps app on your Windows 10,8,7 or Mac in 4 simple steps below:
- Download an Android emulator for PC and Mac:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks Pc or Mac software Here >> .
- Install the emulator on your PC or Mac:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.
- Using what3words on PC [Windows 7/ 8/8.1/ 10/ 11]:
- Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "what3words"
- The search will reveal the what3words: Navigation & Maps app icon. Open, then click "Install".
- Once what3words is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including what3words.
- Now enjoy what3words on PC.
- Using what3words on Mac OS:
Install what3words: Navigation & Maps on your Mac using the same steps for Windows OS above.
How to download and use what3words App on Windows 11
To get what3words on Windows 11, check if there's a native what3words Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:
- Download the Amazon-Appstore » (U.S only)
- Click on "Get" to begin installation. It also automatically installs Windows Subsystem for Android.
- After installation, Goto Windows Start Menu or Apps list » Open the Amazon Appstore » Login (with Amazon account)
- For non-U.S users, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto Playstore on PC » click Configure_Download. This will auto-download Google Play Store on your Windows 11.
- Installing what3words:
- Login to your computer's PlayStore or Amazon AppStore.
- Search for "what3words" » Click "Install" to install what3words: Navigation & Maps
- what3words: Navigation & Maps will now be available on your windows start-menu.
| Minimum requirements |
Recommended |
- 8GB RAM
- SSD Storage
- Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000
- Architecture: x64 or ARM64
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what3words: Navigation & Maps On iTunes
| Download |
Developer |
Rating |
Score |
Current version |
Adult Ranking |
| Free On iTunes |
what3words Ltd. |
37068 |
4.78162 |
4.32.1 |
4+ |
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what3words: Navigation & Maps functions
- Find your way anywhere in the world using just three words
- Plan exact meet-up locations
- Help people find your apartment, business or Airbnb
- Always find your way back to your parking space
- Save key locations, from incident reporting to delivery entrances
- Save your favorite memorable spots – a sunset, a waterfall, proposal location
- Guide people to accessible entrances
- Help emergency services find you
- Find your current what3words address offline
- Compatible with navigation apps, including Apple Maps and Google Maps
- Save your favourite locations, categorise and share them as lists
- AutoSuggest prompts you with intelligent suggestions
- Available in over 50 languages
- Navigate offline with compass mode
- Add a what3words address to a photo
✔ Pros:
- Well thought out idea
- Potential for accurate location tracking
- Possibility for social media integration and popular location filtering
- Useful for Lyft drivers and others in need of accurate location sharing
☹ Cons:
- Copying three words needs improvement
- No way to pronounce three words
- Selecting neighboring squares is clunky
- No way to sort saved locations
- Voice recognition is useless
Top Pcmac Reviews
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Great potential, but.......
By Baseball1950 (Pcmac user)
This app has great potential to get to a much more accurate location than normal GPS, but it has a couple of shortcomings that need to be addressed. First, if you decide to save more than a few locations you will have a hard time finding the one you want since there isn’t any way to sort them. They are just listed in the order you saved them. Until app makers like Apple add 3words to their contact app this is a problem. 3words could at least list them in alphabetical order using the name you set for the location. Second, the voice recognition is useless. I set 3 words to US English and it never locates the correct address. It always finds addresses that aren’t even in the US and the street numbers and names aren’t even close to what I am saying. One other small thing is when I copy an address from Contacts that includes an apartment number or suite number, 3words isn’t smart enough to parse out the apt or suite info so it can’t find the address. I have to edit it out myself manually. Since voice recognition doesn’t work, the app is kind of useless if you are in a hurry. It will also be much more useful if Apple and others add support to recognize the /// as a link so you don’t have to copy and paste the location.
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Needs improvements
By Reitveld (Pcmac user)
This is a very good idea and concept. The app though needs some improvements:
1) A way to actually copy the three words without all the extra text copied with it. Maybe this is in the settings maybe this is a separate ‘copy’ selection.
2) A way to pronounce the three words. Yes there’s a microphone to listen for input but there is no output.
3) selecting neighboring squares around your Geo location is very clunky. The app should have accessed all of the neighboring square data. It should be much quicker than it is.
4) when absolute precision is not necessary, it would be great to have a list of the three words surrounding you. That way it would be easy to find an easy, pronounceable, & fun three word combination. This would be useful for finding a word selection for your house or business when it is acceptable to be off a little bit.
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All you need is the “network effect”
By K. M. Peterson (Pcmac user)
Thing is: this is such a great idea. Extremely well thought out, in spite of some comments of people who don’t get it.
But I hope this can gradually gather steam (you really need some publicity!), as the most serious problem is that people who tend to understand *why* this is a good idea don’t need it as much as those who don’t know how hard it is to locate a place and communicate that accurately. As more and more people use it, however, hopefully the network effect will amplify its relevance.
My brother drives for Lyft, and really wishes they used it.
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Great app. Suggestions for the future
By Lemon AIDs (Pcmac user)
There are so many possibilities for what could be done with this app. What if you could connect it to social media and publicly share locations. Or you could look at the map and turn a filter on to view popular saved locations that are represented by different colors based on how many people have saved them. You could learn the popular places at a state park and go there without having to do tons of research! Keep adding on to this, you’ve got something good here.
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