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Waze Navigation & Live Traffic

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Intro

Waze Navigation & Live Traffic stands as a pioneering navigation app, distinguished by its community-driven approach to real-time traffic updates and intelligent routing suggestions. Born from the idea of crowd-sourced mapping, Waze empowers drivers worldwide with precise GPS navigation while actively engaging users to contribute to an ever-evolving map that reflects current road conditions. Whether commuting to work, embarking on a weekend adventure, or navigating unfamiliar cities, Waze offers a unique blend of functionality and social collaboration.

Function

Waze’s core functionalities revolve around live traffic updates, turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation, automatic rerouting based on real-time traffic information, alerts for police presence, accidents, road hazards, and closures, as well as integrated gas price information for budget-conscious travelers. Its social features allow users to share drive times with friends, report incidents, and even send their estimated time of arrival, fostering a sense of community on the roads.

User experience

The Waze experience is characterized by a user-friendly interface that prioritizes simplicity without sacrificing depth. Bright colors and clear icons make it easy to interpret complex traffic data at a glance. Voice navigation ensures hands-free operation, enhancing safety, while the app’s responsive design adapts seamlessly to different devices. Users appreciate the personalized driving experience, with the ability to choose from a variety of voices and avatars, and frequent updates that keep the app fresh and engaging.

Advantage

One of Waze's greatest strengths lies in its real-time traffic updates, which often outperform traditional navigation systems. Its community-based model encourages active participation, resulting in exceptionally accurate and up-to-date information. The app’s ability to reroute users around congestion saves time and fuel, while features like finding the cheapest gas stations add tangible value. Privacy settings also allow users to control how much information they share, balancing convenience with personal preferences.

Shortcoming

Despite its many strengths, Waze has a few areas for improvement. In heavily populated urban areas, the app may sometimes suggest less efficient routes due to an overabundance of user-reported data. Battery consumption can be higher compared to other navigation apps, especially during prolonged usage. Additionally, the social features, while innovative, can occasionally prove distracting for some drivers. Lastly, offline functionality is limited, making it less suitable for areas with poor network coverage.

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Rhomis Rhemis

Jul 9, 2024

No easy way to just add a favorite location. Other than that, very good. Accurate. As good as Google maps to me. I like how the posted speed limit is on the screen next to your actual speed. Large text is great for android auto, but the Map icons and map text are too tiny, even on my giant screen. No means or ways to save current location to favorites with android head unit in automobile. Press and hold does nothing. No menus or pop-ups appear. .

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Catalin Stratulat

Jun 2, 2024

Update: now everything is back to normal. Since some time, the app became incredibly sluggish, especially when using it on Android Auto. The directions mirroring on the instrument cluster/HUD is also broken. All these used to work fine before the last few updates. Also, everything works as expected in other nav apps used in Android Auto (Google Maps, Sygic).

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Keisha Bowman

Jul 15, 2024

Waze is where it's at. Google maps been delayed, taking you to the wrong place or the longer route when there's a shorter route. It's been delayed very bad. But this is so awesome. You can customize your drive, you can see where the police are or crashes. I just really love it,!!

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The Engineer

Jun 26, 2024

Update: 1. I have sent a mail with a pictures. No one responded 2. That annoying search bar still appears, and when in landscape mode, it appears on the bottom and it is forcing the GPS arrow to be in the middle - screenshots sent. 3. So much people complain about the search bar, and still no update.

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Joe T

Jun 14, 2024

Excellent for navigation. Best feature by far is that it's live provided by members of the community. My suggestion: better options on what you're reporting - when I click 'Report - Object', I think an additional menu to elucidate the hazard should appear. For example: 'Report - Object - Debris/Vehicle Stopped' etc.

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Isabel Romero Cappuccia

Jul 18, 2024

I love this app, I have it for too many years, accurate in directions and road support. A note here:I am trying to personalized the voice for 2 years (I recorded my kids voices) but still not working unfortunately. (Android Pixel Phone)

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Tristin Kirby

Jul 3, 2024

I use this all the time on road trips or If I have to drive in DFW. So many truckers use it and it really helps you to be aware of real time situations. It's much better than Google Maps or Apple Maps on the interstates and highways.

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Christine Scott

Jul 9, 2024

I've downloaded and tried a few navigational apps but they've all been deleted in favour of this one. The alerts about routes, traffic conditions and obstacles ahead have been invaluable and driving is a lot less frustrating with this app

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David Walker

Jun 30, 2024

The best satnav software I have ever used. Very easy and intuitive to learn. Brings up hazards that other Waze users report. Everything from Police in the area, vehicles on the road verge, road works and even potholes. Is aware of upcoming traffic delays and diverts you accordingly. Brilliant.

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Tom

Jun 21, 2024

Went on a road trip and it was the first time using Waze Navigation and I loved it, I went to visit a area with heavy traffic and on the way back Waze took me away and around from the bad traffic and the voice direction Waze gives are very helpful so you never get confused and always stay on route, in my opinion it's a great Navigation system and beats Google Maps by far!

Information

Version

V4.94.0.3

Tag

waze | traffic | app

Rate

4.4

Reviews

634441

Installs

500,000,000+

Developer

Waze

Content Rating

Everyone

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Previous Versions

V4.102.0.2

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Version Code1030454
File Size101.41 MB
Update time2024-02-26 00:00:00
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V4.100.1.0

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Version Code1030440
File Size89.22 MB
Update time2023-12-22 00:00:00
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V4.100.0.1

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Version Code1030438
File Size88.73 MB
Update time2023-12-10 00:00:00
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V4.99.1.1

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Update time2023-11-13 00:00:00
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V4.98.0.1

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Version Code1030422
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Update time2023-09-11 00:00:00
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V4.97.0.0

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Version Code1030416
File Size85.97 MB
Update time2023-07-26 00:00:00
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V4.96.1.0

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Update time2023-07-13 00:00:00
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V4.96.0.5

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File Size81.9 MB
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V4.95.2.0

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V4.95.1.0

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File Size83.2 MB
Update time2023-06-16 07:00:00
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V4.94.0.3

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File Size79.43 MB
Update time2023-05-08 00:00:00
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V4.89.0.1

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Version Code1022832
File Size91.19 MB
Update time2022-11-14 00:00:00
SystemAndroid 5.0+ (Lollipop, API 21)
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V4.87.1.0

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Version Code1022821
File Size92.82 MB
Update time2022-08-31 15:52:31
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V4.86.1.0

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Version Code1022815
File Size90.3 MB
Update time2022-08-31 15:52:31
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