diff --git a/react-native/src/core/NavigationUiState.ts b/react-native/src/core/NavigationUiState.ts
index eb369742..6e4ba41a 100644
--- a/react-native/src/core/NavigationUiState.ts
+++ b/react-native/src/core/NavigationUiState.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ import {
   type UserLocation,
   type VisualInstruction,
 } from '../generated/ferrostar';
+import {
+  currentRoadName,
+  deviation,
+  progress,
+  remainingSteps,
+  visualInstruction,
+} from './_utils';
 import type { NavigationState } from './FerrostarCore';
 
 export class NavigationUiState {
@@ -86,23 +93,19 @@ export class NavigationUiState {
     location?: UserLocation,
     snappedLocation?: UserLocation
   ): NavigationUiState {
-    let tripState;
-    if (TripState.Navigating.instanceOf(coreState.tripState)) {
-      tripState = coreState.tripState;
-    }
     return new NavigationUiState(
       location,
-      snappedLocation ?? tripState?.inner.snappedUserLocation,
+      snappedLocation,
       undefined,
       coreState.routeGeometry,
-      tripState?.inner.visualInstruction,
+      visualInstruction(coreState.tripState),
       undefined,
-      tripState?.inner.progress,
+      progress(coreState.tripState),
       coreState.isCalculatingNewRoute,
-      tripState?.inner.deviation,
+      deviation(coreState.tripState),
       isMuted,
-      undefined, // TODO: Android seems to have this type but it's not in the TS definition
-      tripState?.inner.remainingSteps
+      currentRoadName(coreState.tripState),
+      remainingSteps(coreState.tripState)
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/react-native/src/core/_utils.ts b/react-native/src/core/_utils.ts
index e73ffafc..5273b6df 100644
--- a/react-native/src/core/_utils.ts
+++ b/react-native/src/core/_utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+import {
+  RouteDeviation,
+  RouteStep,
+  TripProgress,
+  TripState,
+  UserLocation,
+  VisualInstruction,
+} from '../generated/ferrostar';
+
 export function getNanoTime(): number {
   const hrTime = process.hrtime();
   return hrTime[0] * 1000000000 + hrTime[1];
@@ -8,3 +17,56 @@ export function ab2json(ab: ArrayBuffer): object {
     String.fromCharCode.apply(null, Array.from(new Uint8Array(ab)))
   );
 }
+
+export function currentRoadName(tripState: TripState): string | undefined {
+  if (TripState.Navigating.instanceOf(tripState)) {
+    return tripState.inner.remainingSteps[0]?.roadName;
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+export function visualInstruction(
+  tripState: TripState
+): VisualInstruction | undefined {
+  if (TripState.Navigating.instanceOf(tripState)) {
+    return tripState.inner.visualInstruction;
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+export function deviation(tripState: TripState): RouteDeviation | undefined {
+  if (TripState.Navigating.instanceOf(tripState)) {
+    return tripState.inner.deviation;
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+export function progress(tripState: TripState): TripProgress | undefined {
+  if (TripState.Navigating.instanceOf(tripState)) {
+    return tripState.inner.progress;
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+export function remainingSteps(tripState: TripState): RouteStep[] | undefined {
+  if (TripState.Navigating.instanceOf(tripState)) {
+    return tripState.inner.remainingSteps;
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+export function snappedUserLocation(
+  tripState: TripState,
+  fallback?: UserLocation
+): UserLocation | undefined {
+  if (TripState.Navigating.instanceOf(tripState)) {
+    return tripState.inner.snappedUserLocation;
+  } else {
+    return fallback;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/react-native/src/views/NavigationView.tsx b/react-native/src/views/NavigationView.tsx
index 243e34b8..ad968f57 100644
--- a/react-native/src/views/NavigationView.tsx
+++ b/react-native/src/views/NavigationView.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import TripProgressView from './TripProgressView';
 import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 import InstructionsView from './InstructionsView';
 import MapControls from './MapControls';
+import { snappedUserLocation } from '../core/_utils';
 
 setAccessToken(null);
 
@@ -125,7 +126,10 @@ const NavigationView = (props: NavigationViewProps) => {
         NavigationUiState.fromFerrostar(
           state,
           isMuted,
-          core.locationProvider.lastLocation
+          snappedUserLocation(
+            state.tripState,
+            core.locationProvider.lastLocation
+          )
         )
       );
     });