Waze Navigation & Live Traffic

Waze

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About this app

Know what's ahead on the road with the help from other drivers. Waze is a live map that harnesses the local knowledge of tens of millions of drivers around the world. Drivers safely and confidently reach their everyday destinations thanks to Waze map’s GPS navigation, live traffic updates, real-time safety alerts (including roadworks, accidents, crashes, police, potholes and more), and accurate ETAs.

Make your next drive more predictable and stress-free:
• Get there faster with real-time directions, accurate ETAs and automatic rerouting based on live traffic, incidents and road closures
• Even if you know the way, avoid surprises on the road ahead with safety alerts for accidents, crashes, roadworks, objects on the road, potholes, speed bumps, sharp curves, bad weather, emergency vehicles, railway crossings and more
• Steer clear of tickets by knowing where police and red light and speed cameras are located
• Share what’s happening on the road with other drivers by reporting live incidents and hazards
• Stay informed of upcoming speed limit changes, and keep your speedometer in check
• Know which lane to be in with multi-lane guidance
• See toll pricing and choose to avoid tolls along your routes
• Add road passes and vignettes for HOV lanes and restricted traffic zones
• Find petrol/fuel stations and prices and EV charging stations along your route
• Locate parking lots near your destination
• Use voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation from a variety of languages, local accents and your favourite celebrities
• Plan your next drive by checking ETAs by future departure or arrival times
• Use your favourite audio apps (for podcasts, music, news, audiobooks) directly within Waze
• Sync Waze to your car’s built-in display through Android Auto

* Some features are not available in all countries

* Waze navigation is not intended for emergency or oversized vehicles

You can manage your in-app Waze privacy settings at any time. Learn more about the Waze privacy policy here, www.waze.com/legal/privacy.

Ratings and reviews

Used to be great, but has gone downhill "lately" (the app does not give you a version number (??) ). Street names are shown sometimes in big purple boxes, hiding the map so you dont know where to go. If there are lane arrows on the screen together with a notification (eg speed cam) there are all so big they cover max speed/cur speed. Impossible to indicate blocked routes, you can only place the barrier over sideroads it is not routing you over. Also:ticket system has no topic for these issues.

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).

I used to swear by this app, but for some reason, as of late, it does not update routes quickly, often the nav voice and map don't sync as it's changing routes meaning one misses turn after turn. Google maps does not have the same issue. None of my settings have been changed. It's a bit of a game changer especially if one is unfamiliar with where they are. Shame.

What's new

Saving time & avoiding traffic is even easier with this update:

Fixed a bug so you can still see your route even if you lose internet connection.