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Waze Gets AI, Personalization Options—Including One to Make It Less Chatty
Google announces driving directions tailored to your earlier use of the app, an improved motorcycle mode that US riders will have to wait to use, and more.
Waze Finally Delivers 5 Features It First Promised Almost 2 Years Ago
New features include warnings for speed bumps, sharp turns, and emergency vehicles, as well as improved navigation for roundabouts.
Waze Rolls Out Voice Reporting for Easy Flagging of Roadblocks, Traffic Issues
With Conversational Reporting, tell Gemini what you see, and the AI will add it to the map. It's been in beta for a year; some users are finding it buggy at launch.
Waze Review: A Driver's Best Friend
Waze offers top-notch crowdsourced information for your road trips and some social features, but it doesn't support the non-driving options of competing navigation apps.
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Detour Ahead? Google Maps Starts Showing Waze Incident Reports
First previewed in July, the feature displays roadblocks reported by Waze drivers in the Google Maps app. You can dismiss them or add details based on your own journey.
Waze EV Drivers Rejoice: Enhanced Charging Station Data Is Coming
Today, Waze began surfacing electric vehicle charger details in select countries, bringing it more on-par with what Google Maps and PlugShare have offered for years.
Waze Beta Warns Drivers About Roads With a History of Crashes
The Google-owned app will highlight potentially dangerous routes in red while also notifying the user via a pop-up message that they're about to drive on an unsafe road.Â
Waze 'Retro Mode' Takes You Back in Time
Revisit the 1970s, '80s, and '90s with this limited-time theme.
11 Time-Saving Tips to Help You Find Your Waze
These tricks will help you better navigate the crowdsourced directions app to get you where you need to go faster.
Waze, Headspace Team Up for Mindful Driving
The joint effort aims to help folks 'learn how to find more joy and meaning on the road.'
Waze Lets PAW Patrol Pups Give Directions
The limited-time feature turns the animated pups into your co-pilot.
Waze Refreshes Logo, Adds Moods to Reflect Driver's Emotions
The first set of 30 Moods is 'just the beginning,' the company promised.
How to Play Music, Podcasts With the Waze App
Don't fiddle with multiple apps while behind the wheel. Waze's built-in audio player lets you listen to music, audiobooks, and podcasts from within the navigation app.
NYPD Is Not Happy About Waze's DWI Checkpoint Alerts
The NYPD has reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter to Waze owner Google ordering the tech giant to remove police alerts from the popular traffic and navigation app.
Waze Carpool Now Available Nationwide
The Waze Carpool app, available for Android and iOS devices, lets you find coworkers and other people who take the same routes as you, and select who you want to carpool with based on their profile, star rating, and mutual friends.
How to Customize Waze, Record Your Own Voice for Navigation
Here's how to banish Google Maps and Apple Maps in favor of Waze, and use the built-in Waze voice recorder to get driving directions from your own voice.
Waze Adds Motorcycle Mode, Carpool Lane Support
The new motorcycle mode will direct bikers to routes that are optimized for two or three wheels, based on where other users have traveled.
Waze Expanding Carpool Service to All of California
The platform connects you with people from your community, so you might make a new local friend or wind up carpooling with a neighbor or colleague you already know.
Waze, Spotify Team Up So You Don't Have to Switch Apps
Starting today, Android users will be able to start navigating with Waze from within Spotify, or access their Spotify playlists from within Waze.
Waze Expands Carpool Service in San Francisco
The pilot program is "gradually opening" to more riders in the Bay Area.
