Always know what’s happening on the road with Waze. Even if you know the way, Waze tells you about traffic, construction, police, crashes, and more in real-time. If traffic is bad on your route, Waze will change it to save you time.
Why Waze
- See what’s happening - Alerts about traffic, police, hazards and more on your drive
- Speedometer - Get an alert when you reach the speed limit to help you avoid tickets & drive safer.
- Get there faster - Instant routing changes to avoid traffic and save you time
- Toll costs - Waze keeps you in-the-know about toll charges on your route.
- Know when you’ll arrive - Your ETA is based on live traffic data
- Pay less for gas - Find the cheapest gas along your route
- Play music & more - Listen to your favorite apps for music, podcasts & more right from Waze
- Drive with Android Auto - Use Waze on your car’s display
- Always find the way - Choose from a variety of voices to guide you while you drive
One of the best features in Waze is ‘share drive’. It lets you connect to other ‘Wazers’ on the road, making it a powerful social platform to engage with the community. Unlike competitors, Waze uses incredible algorithms to learn your preferences about navigation, alternate routes, and other choices. With Google’s backing, this was pretty much expected.
Waze also accepts voice commands to give you hands-free control. It helps you focus on the road while interacting with the app for navigation information. Audio prompts are loud and timely, making it an ideal choice for drivers who don’t like being distracted.
If you think the ‘share drive’ feature is a bit too much, you can set your profile as ‘Invisible’. This way, you won’t appear on other people’s mobile screens. You can still set a radius to get alerts about traffic events, ensuring you don’t miss any important information about the journey.
Using Waze, set color schemes, gas station preferences and choose from different voice options, such as Elvis and Boy Band. These features aren’t available in other apps, such as CoPilot GPS and Komoot, making Waze both a navigation app and an interesting social GPS solution.