You can open up the world or local map on your phone Pip-Boy while exploring and it will update automatically with your current position and any nearby areas of interest. While this could come in handy for Rambo wanderers that want to swap guns mid-battle outside the favorites wheel, its best function I’ve found is as a permanent mini-map. Basically, if you can do it in the Pip-Boy menu in-game, you can now do it on your phone and see the results in Fallout 4 instantly. This includes viewing your stats, equipping or using items, checking quests, fast-travelling on the map, and even just changing the radio station. First, it lets you access any of the Pip-Boy menu functions from your phone without opening them up in-game. has been assigned to taking your vitals every 12 hours). This has a couple of really cool benefits, both for solo-players and anyone with a significant other who likes to “watch” you play (i.e.
But for those of you who held onto your mobile device and just buried it in the backyard, time to get digging: the Pip-Boy companion app lets you turn your phone into a handheld Pip-Boy that interacts with your active Fallout 4 game in real-time.
