Waze is introducing a suite of new alerts for users this week, all of which should really add to the overall usefulness of the application when driving around town.
In the latest update, which will begin to hit devices this month, there are now alerts for things such as speed bumps and sharp turns. There are now also alerts for when first responders are on the road ahead of you, giving you time to slow down and move over. Other changes are improved details for when navigating a tricky roundabout, with Waze now detailing exactly which lane to be in and when to turn.
Speed limit sign alerts are also rolling out this month. Waze says users will start seeing alerts when a speed limit is about to decrease along the chosen route, giving the driver more time to slow down and safely adjust to the changing road conditions.
All of these changes will begin populating your Waze app this month.
So why is Google still actively developing new features for Waze that aren’t being implemented in Maps? I thought the original idea was to merge the two but new Waze features keep getting released…. As a Waze user I’m not complaining but it just seems strange they’d leave really useful things out of their flagship app that they obviously have the ability to support them.
Exactly! One of the frustrating things that I hoped Google would have solved was reporting speed traps, construction and accidents in Google Maps when using Android Auto. If my Pixel if plugged into my car to use navigation I can’t report these things, only when Maps is running on the phone alone which is just stupid.
I could be mistaken, but I don’t think the idea was ever to merge Waze and Maps; they only brought Waze development in-house so they could fire redundant staff and implement Google Ads in Waze.
Waze and google are separate in house. They share data.
Wish they would combine Maps and Waze. I know they won’t, but wish they would.
Do we really need an alert for a speed bump on our phone as we are driving? This is getting silly.
I agree, whats next Stop Sign alerts?
Then again, if they can figure out pot holes in NYC, I will gladly pay for this feature!
I can see stop signs being helpful with the amount of people that run them.
You make a valid point there. Maybe have them integrate the stop sign data into AA and slow the car down automagically when the car is supposed to haha.
Haha definitely don’t need them slowing the car down, just an alert is fine!
Side note: A few years ago, I leased a 21 Trailblazer. The first time that SUV forced me to stop as it “thought” I was tailgating too close was when the option was quickly disable. These systems have no faith in us anymore lol
That’s so true! My Expedition has it and I should disable it!
Speed bumps is important. I would take a different route if I know the roads have speed bumps.
i dont so much see the benefit or need while driving in familiar areas –but that’s not really the primary function of a navigation app anyway; the utility of this applies when we are driving in NEW places that we don’t have any familiarity with, I know I can’t be the only one who’s run a stop where it was not really forseeable/obscured from view, same thing for not so obvious speed breakers, or abruptly ending highways/roads that merge into roundabouts.
this might save my car — s/ i have an illness where my eyes hardly ever register the change in depth on roads with speed bumps, and sometimes they even have markings on them to assist with this to no avail, lol
Amazing