Stop list
Open Stop details to change the address, add a note or reference, set the item count and a time slot, or dictate a voice note.
Features
Everything VeDa Driver does today
Generated from the app's own feature map and Help Centre, so this page says what the app really does. Where something is only partly available, it says so.
Route & stops
Add stops by scanning, searching or speaking; VeDa orders them by road and keeps your time slots.
Add stops Partly available
Search a postcode or address and pick the exact premises. The full premises list needs the address provider switched on by the account owner.
Address search (postcode, house number) Partly available
Search a postcode or address and pick the exact premises. The full premises list needs the address provider switched on by the account owner.
Scan a parcel label
Tap Scan a label or postcode, point the camera at the label and capture it. VeDa reads the full address on your phone and adds the stop.
Van loading / find my parcel Partly available
Start loading from Add stops (or say "VeDa, start loading"). Each scan is saved and checked, then the scanner opens again for the next parcel. The Van Loading bar shows your counts; tap Done loading when the van is full.
Optimise the route
Optimise orders your stops by road distance and respects time slots and any stop you pinned first or last. Re-optimise after changes; VeDa only re-orders for a meaningful saving.
Make a stop first or last
Open the stop and choose Set as first or Set as final, or say "leave that one until last". Optimising then works around it.
Stop colour
Open Stop details to change the address, add a note or reference, set the item count and a time slot, or dictate a voice note.
Stop notes and voice notes
Open Stop details to change the address, add a note or reference, set the item count and a time slot, or dictate a voice note.
Timers and time slots
Give a stop a time slot — "deliver after", "due by", or both — and switch on Urgent if it must come early. Optimise then plans your order around them: it never gets you there before a "deliver after" time, and if a "due by" time can't be met it says which stop and by roughly how much. The stop card shows "Due by 16:00 — expected arrival 15:22". If a slot comes under threat while you drive, VeDa warns you and offers to re-optimise. Timers track how long you spend at each stop.
Saved rounds and history
Do your vehicle check, scan or add your stops, optimise the route, then start Drive mode.
New route / route settings
Do your vehicle check, scan or add your stops, optimise the route, then start Drive mode.
Hand over / receive stops, take over a round Partly available
Round menu → Hand over (or Account → Hand over). Choose the stops, and VeDa gives you an 8-character code. The other driver goes to Account → Receive, enters it and accepts — the stops move to their phone and leave yours, never duplicated.
Round — emergency view
Your round, notes and on-device VeDa keep working with no signal, and changes sync when you are back online. Live things like traffic and web answers need a connection.
Parcel photos and proof
Use Take parcel photo at the stop to keep a photo with the delivery record.
Correct a wrong map pin
Stand at the right entrance and say "VeDa, this is the correct entrance", "this is the delivery entrance" or "move this delivery location here". A single reading is saved as "likely"; it becomes verified once it is confirmed again on another visit.
Map
A map made for deliveries: numbered stops, house numbers, traffic and closures, and arrival help at the door.
Map
Tap the layers button on the map. Classic (Google) is the Google map delivery drivers know, with a thin blue route and VeDa's numbered stops; Light (free) is the open-data backup; Satellite shows real imagery. Your choice stays until you change it.
Map view (Classic, Light, Satellite)
Tap the layers button on the map. Classic (Google) is the Google map delivery drivers know, with a thin blue route and VeDa's numbered stops; Light (free) is the open-data backup; Satellite shows real imagery. Your choice stays until you change it.
Map follows you / faces the way you drive
Tap Drive mode or Start navigation to this stop. The map follows you, and VeDa speaks only what you need.
Navigation app (Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze) Partly available
VeDa keeps listening and talking while Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze is in front. When their voice speaks, iPhone lowers VeDa's volume rather than talking over it, and if a call or Siri cuts VeDa off mid-sentence she says a short reply again afterwards. iPhone decides who gets the speaker, so VeDa can't stop another app talking.
Street view / entrance imagery Partly available
Where Look Around imagery exists VeDa shows it; otherwise it falls back to the satellite view with the entrance pin.
Nearby places (fuel, toilets, food)
Ask VeDa: "find the nearest petrol station", "find a toilet", "find a supermarket", then say navigate to open the route.
Traffic, closures and faster routes Partly available
While you drive VeDa checks whether a much better order exists for your remaining stops and, if it saves a meaningful amount, offers it: "I've found a faster route that should save around 14 minutes. Do you want me to switch?" Small differences are ignored. Choose how she behaves in Settings, Route changes.
Weather and flood warnings Partly available
VeDa can tell you the weather at your position or a stop. Route-aware "rain on your route in 20 minutes" warnings are being added.
House numbers, done stops and stop badges
Stop pins are round with the route number; house numbers are small white tags and never sit on top of a pin. Done stops fade. Say "hide completed stops", "show outstanding stops", "show house numbers" or "hide house numbers".
Which house is it / find by house number / back to the van Partly available
Say "which house is it" at the street — VeDa uses the house numbers around you, e.g. "Target is 42. You're beside 40; 42 is the next property", only when the numbers prove it. Say "find number 18" to open the stop at that house number, and "take me back to the van" or "where's the van" after you park.
Speed zoom, arrival view, weak GPS and map check Partly available
While the map follows you it zooms out on faster roads and in when you slow down, looks ahead the way you are going, closes in on the street then the property as you arrive, and shows the door area when you walk from the van. Move the map by hand and it waits before following again.
Tasks & compliance
Everything you still owe — cards, proof photos, returns, forms — with warnings before something is late.
Tasks & compliance (Driver Action Inbox)
VeDa keeps a to-do list for everything you still have to do — cards, proof photos, returns, letters, forms, depot and stock reminders — and warns you before a required item is late. Open it from the menu: Tasks & compliance.
VeDa & voice
VeDa is the assistant inside the app: hands-free, interruptible, and honest about what she knows.
Talk to VeDa
Turn on hands-free listening and speak naturally. Ask about your round, ask general questions, or give a command — you can interrupt VeDa at any time.
Ask VeDa anything (currency, holidays, words, books, research, the world)
VeDa answers everyday questions from trusted open sources and says where the answer came from.
What you can say
Ask "what is my next stop", "how many stops left", "skip this stop", "mark it delivered", "leave that one until last", "this road is closed", "call Mum", "find a toilet", or a general question.
VeDa on/off, hands-free, talk-over, voice
Turn on hands-free listening and speak naturally. Ask about your round, ask general questions, or give a command — you can interrupt VeDa at any time.
Speaker recognition & voice isolation
VeDa uses the iPhone's echo cancellation and noise suppression so she doesn't hear herself. Optionally enrol your voice under Account, Voice and speaker recognition so she prefers you over radio and passengers. Anyone can still wake her by saying "VeDa", but that gives them none of your permissions.
What VeDa has learned
Say "VeDa, remember that…" and she keeps it; "what do you remember?" lists it; "forget…" or "that's wrong, it's…" changes it. She can also learn how you like notes written, e.g. "when I'm loading, write quantities as numbers".
Language & translator
Use the app and VeDa in your own language, and talk to customers in theirs.
Language (app, VeDa voice, speech)
Settings › Language has two choices: the language of the screens (reading and typing) and VeDa's voice language (listening and speaking). They can differ. VeDa only offers voice languages she can actually hear on this phone, and says how each works.
Translator (talk to customers)
VeDa translates a conversation both ways, hands-free: you speak, VeDa says it in the customer's language; they answer, VeDa tells you what they said. It keeps going until you say "stop translating".
Account
One account across your devices, with two-factor sign-in.
Profile and sign-in
Create an account, then turn on two-factor authentication under Account → Security.
Subscription
Manage or cancel under Account → Subscription. Cancelling starts immediately and is never blocked by a retention flow.
Security, Face ID and two-factor
Account → Security → Two-factor authentication. Scan the QR code with an authenticator app and enter the 6-digit code. If codes fail, check your phone's date and time are set automatically.
Invite a driver (referral)
Company membership
A company links drivers and vehicles so managers can see rounds, progress, exceptions and vehicle checks. Drivers see only their own round.
Settings
Night mode, offline maps, permissions and the rest — each in one place.
Appearance (look, light/dark, night mode)
Keep screen awake
Notifications and permissions
Location for navigation, microphone and speech for voice, camera for scanning, contacts only when you ask VeDa to call someone.
Offline maps Partly available
Settings → Offline areas shows what is saved. Full offline map tiles and routing need an extra map provider from the account owner.
Work profile & features
Emergency and roadside numbers
Help & support
Answers inside the app, and VeDa can answer “how do I…” questions from the same Help text.
Help Centre
Support / report a problem
Support → Report a problem attaches real diagnostics so the fault can be found.
Emergency help (contact, roadside, safe stop)
From the vehicle check choose to report damage, photograph it and describe it. The report goes to your manager.
Privacy policy and terms
Label and van photo text is read on your phone. When you're online, what you say to VeDa (and the round details she needs to act on it) goes to VeDa's cloud brain so she can understand you; general questions are answered on the phone. Precise location history is not kept beyond its purpose.
GPS / location problems
Your round, notes and on-device VeDa keep working with no signal, and changes sync when you are back online. Live things like traffic and web answers need a connection.