Map, meeting points and spoken alerts

1. Live group map

   See your whole group. Live

   Every friend is a beacon on the piste map, moving as they move. Each one shows whether they are skiing, riding a lift or stopped, so you know who is below you and who is still in the queue.

2. Meeting points

   Choose a meeting point for the group

   Drop a pin, pick a lift, or choose a mountain restaurant. Everyone gets the same target, with their own distance and an ETA where a mapped route is available. FriSki calls out the way as you go. Spoken directions are in beta on every resort map: ski the run you can see, not the one the phone describes.

3. Voice proximity alerts

   Maya is nearby, about 150 meters ahead

   When a friend comes within the distance you choose (100, 200 or 500 metres), FriSki says so out loud in your headphones. Friend alerts and spoken directions help you check your phone less often while you ski.

4. Lock screen and watch

   The next turn at a glance

   On Android, a ski day card in your notifications shows the next turn, the meeting point and your group, on the lock screen too if your settings show silent notifications. On iPhone the same card is a Live Activity, coming with the first iPhone build. Garmin testers get it on the wrist; an Apple Watch app is in development.

5. Ghost mode

   Solo run? You choose what your group sees

   Ghost mode keeps you in the group but stops broadcasting where you are. Turn it on for a lap off the side and off again when you ski back in. You never have to leave the group.

6. Day stats

   Distance, vertical, top speed

   Your phone works out the day's totals, which are saved to your account when the day ends. Your group sees them only if you share that day. Totals only, never a route. No leaderboard.

7. Offline maps

   Zero bars. Full map

   Download your resort on Wi-Fi before you go. Pistes, lifts and place names are then stored on your phone, and GPS needs no network, so in a dead zone the map keeps drawing and your route keeps going. Your friends come back the moment coverage does.

See the 27 resorts these work in, or read the answers to the questions people ask before installing.