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Detour is a platform for location-based audio experiences, available in the iOS App Store and coming to Android in June. We make our own premium outdoor tours in San Francisco, New York, and other cities. We also provide tools that let anyone create their own tours.

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Juliet Hinely in Detour Blog

Jun 21, 2016

Detour for Android Now Available!

Also, we’re hiring!

At long last, Detour is on Android!

After six months in development, Detour is now available for Android! Download it on Google Play.

In other news: We’re hiring!

Over the next 12…

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Andrew Mason in Detour Blog

May 3, 2016

Introducing Detour Platform and our first partner, SFMOMA

Today we’re announcing Detour Platform, our suite of location-based audio creation tools for third parties. Our first partner is SFMOMA, who uses Detour to power the app for their new museum, opening May 14th. The SFMOMA tour will…

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Juliet Hinely in Detour Blog

Jun 10, 2015

Detour Global Preview

For those of you outside of the Bay Area, we have some good news — today we’re launching new Detours in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, and Marrakesh. This reduces the average distance between human and Detour by 48% to a much more manageable 10,234 miles.

Juliet Hinely in Detour Blog

Mar 14, 2015

Making Soundwalk Tenderloin with John Perry Barlow

Ever wonder what goes into the making of a Detour? Soundwalk Collective has been making brilliant audio walks for over a decade, and we were thrilled to host their latest creation on Detour. This short documentary takes you through their…

Juliet Hinely in Detour Blog

Feb 19, 2015

Walking the Trash Talk

The City of San Francisco is trying to end trash as we know it.

The plan is called Zero Waste and the idea is that the entire city will stop putting anything at all in the landfill by the year 2020. That means reusing or recycling every single thing San…

Andrew Mason in Detour Blog

Apr 18, 2016

Engineering at Detour

originally published August 30th, 2014

Almost every app is built around the same part of the iPhone — its screen. We wanted Detour to be deeply immersive, however, and felt that every glance at the screen would take away from that. The decision to de-emphasize the…

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