All articles tagged with #waze
Originally Published 28 days ago — by 9to5Google
Waze is testing a new feature that shows traffic lights along your route during navigation, similar to Google Maps, but it is still in early testing and not widely available yet.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by PCMag
Google Maps is the superior navigation app overall, offering detailed maps, offline capabilities, and versatile transportation options, making it the best choice for most users. Waze excels in driver-specific features like real-time community updates and route sharing, but lacks offline map downloads and broader transportation support. Google Maps is recommended for its comprehensive features and usability across various modes of travel.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by Eurogamer
Sega has partnered with Waze to introduce Sonic the Hedgehog as a voice navigation option, adding a fun and energetic element to driving with Sonic-themed icons and moods, as part of Sega's broader collaborations and marketing campaigns.
Originally Published 3 months ago — by 9to5Google
Waze has expanded its 'Conversational Reporting' feature, allowing users to report road hazards using natural voice commands, making it easier to share real-time updates while driving. The feature, initially in limited beta, is now being broadly rolled out, though some bugs and notification issues remain.
Originally Published 5 months ago — by Tom's Guide
A test comparing Waze and Google Maps during a weekend trip found that while both apps effectively navigated the route, Google Maps offered more comprehensive features and a less cluttered interface, leading to a preference for it over Waze, which provides more personality and real-time alerts but can be more distracting.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Tom's Guide
The article discusses the increasing integration between Google Maps and Waze, both owned by Google, and the potential for them to merge. Despite their shared ownership, the two apps have distinct navigation styles: Google Maps offers traditional GPS navigation, while Waze focuses on real-time, speed-prioritized routing. The author argues against merging the two, suggesting that Waze should remain a streamlined, speed-focused app to maintain its unique appeal and avoid redundancy with Google Maps, which is more feature-rich and information-heavy.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Gizmodo
Google Maps has integrated Waze's community-submitted alert features, providing real-time updates on road incidents, which can be helpful for drivers. However, these alerts can also be distracting, especially when they require interaction through a car's touchscreen, which can take the driver's attention away from the road. The issue highlights the broader challenge of balancing technology's benefits with safety concerns in vehicles.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Mashable
Google Maps is integrating a popular Waze feature that allows users to share real-time reports of incidents like police sightings, enhancing navigation with community-driven updates. This feature, long favored by Waze users, is gradually rolling out to Google Maps, marking a closer integration between the two platforms since Google's acquisition of Waze in 2013.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The Verge
Google Maps has begun integrating Waze incident reports, allowing users to see and confirm road conditions such as police presence and road closures. This feature is part of Google's initiative to cross-pollinate data between the two apps, enhancing navigation experiences while maintaining their separate operations. The integration was first noticed by a Reddit user, marking the beginning of this collaborative feature rollout.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Android Central
Google Maps is integrating Waze incident alerts, such as police presence warnings, into its platform, allowing users to confirm or dismiss these alerts. This feature, which is still rolling out slowly, marks a significant step in blending Waze's user-generated reports with Google Maps, enhancing real-time navigation updates. Although the integration is not yet widespread, it reflects Google's ongoing efforts to merge insights from both navigation apps, despite them operating separately for over a decade.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by BGR
Google Maps has removed the specific 'speed trap' reporting feature and replaced it with a more general 'police' tag in its incident reports. This change aims to cover a broader range of police activities beyond just speed monitoring, potentially enhancing traffic safety by encouraging drivers to slow down in areas with reported police presence. The update is part of Google Maps version 24.47.04.699095382 and will be available across various platforms, though it may not yet be rolled out in all regions.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Benzinga
Google has integrated new generative AI features into its Google Maps, Waze, and Google Earth applications using its Gemini AI model. These updates include personalized recommendations and real-time reporting in Maps and Waze, and enhanced geospatial data analysis in Google Earth. The new features aim to improve user experience and provide more accurate information, as Google competes with other tech giants in the AI space.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Lifehacker
Waze has introduced six new updates to its navigation app, including better roundabout navigation, improved speed limit notifications, alerts for emergency responders, enhanced parking information, and more detailed road hazard and local condition alerts. These updates aim to make Waze even more useful for navigating busy urban areas and provide a more comprehensive navigational experience compared to other apps like Google Maps and Apple Maps.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Ars Technica
Waze, the navigation app owned by Google, is introducing new safety and convenience features, including alerts for first responders, speed limit changes, impending speed bumps, toll booths, and sharp curves. It is also enhancing its roundabout navigation for Android users and partnering with Flash to provide parking information and reservations. Additionally, Waze will now display traffic information along users' preferred routes and is expanding its use of crowdsourcing to determine road conditions.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Droid Life
Waze is rolling out a new update with alerts for speed bumps, first responders, speed limit changes, and detailed roundabout navigation, aiming to enhance the driving experience and improve road safety for users.