---
metadata:
- name: generator
content: Diplodoc Platform v5.50.6
alternate:
- https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/interface-app.md
- https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/ru/interface-app.md
---
> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/llms.txt
# Getting started with the interface
## Buttons on the home screen {#buttons}
You can use the home screen buttons to:
#|
||
|
Go to the [app menu](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/interface-app.md#menu).
If you're signed in, your profile picture is displayed instead of the menu button.
||
||
|
Activate [Alice](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/alice.md), the voice assistant.
||
||
|
Enable layers: traffic, parking, panoramas, Saved places.
||
||
|
View [traffic](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/jams.md) on the map.
||
||
|
View [weather](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/weather.md) on the map.
||
||
|
View parking spaces on the map.
Active if the [parking layer](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/parking.md) is enabled.
||
||
|
Enable **Panoramas** mode.
Active if the [panorama layer](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/panoramas.md) is enabled.
||
||
|
Zoom in.
||
||
|
Zoom out.
||
||
|
Go to your [location](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/find-my-location.md).
||
||
|
Go to [Favorites](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/favourites-and-lists.md).
||
||
|
[Plot a route](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/start-building-route.md#route-between-points) between points.
||
||
|
View public [transport](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/transport.md) on the map.
||
||
|
Enable [Navigator](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/navigator.md) mode.
||
||
|
Find nearby [gas stations](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/refuel.md).
||
||
|
Call a [taxi](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/taxi.md).
||
||
|
View [Recommendations](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/ideas.md).
||
||
|
[Enable 3D mode](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/customize-map.md#regime3d).
The button appears when you zoom in on the map.
||
||
|
Enable 2D mode.
The button appears when you tap .
||
||
|
[Measure distance](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/customize-map.md#distance-measure) between places on the map with a scale ruler.
||
|#
## App menu {#menu}
In the app menu, you can:
- Go to the app [settings](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/settings-app.md).
- Configure [offline maps](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/offline.md).
- Manage your [Yandex Plus](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/ya-plus.md) subscription.
- View your [online appointments](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/booking.md) and order history from the app.
- Contact [support](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/troubleshooting.md).
- View your [parking](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/parking.md) settings and history.
- Go to [map editing](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/improve.md).
- [Take a picture](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/mirrors.md) of the city landscape or street.
- Share impressions of the places you've visited:
- View your subscriptions and subscribers and find out how your reviews resonate with other users.
- Check the **Local Expert** tab to see the achievements you earned by submitting reviews.
- Rate the places you visited and write reviews in the **Impressions** tab. These ratings and reviews help other people make the right choice, and they also help us improve Yandex Maps.
- **Feed**: See reviews from the users you [follow ](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/recommendation.md#subscribe).
- View the photos of places that you uploaded in the **Photos** tab.
- View your [reviews in the **Reviews**](https://m.yandex.ru/support/m-maps/en/add-info.md#review) tab.
Contact support