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Waze Intros Santa-Themed Holiday Mode, Complete With Curated Playlist From Pandora

Tim December 9, 2020 4

Waze has launched its Holiday Mode for 2020, and this time around, they spared no expense. When activated, you'll be flying around town in a Santa-powered sleigh, cranking Christmas tunes thanks to a curated playlist directly from Pandora -- download separate...

Batman and The Riddler Will Now Navigate You in Waze

Tim August 31, 2020 10

Waze users can now be navigated to their destination by Batman or the Riddler, all thanks to a partnership between Waze and DC. This isn't no janky implementation either. Actors Kevin Conroy and Wally Wingert were used for the voices, leading to a what should...

Waze Rolls Out Contactless Payment Integration for Exxon, Shell Gas Stations

Tim August 13, 2020 10

Waze is rolling out new functionality to all US users this week, following a successful pilot program for its new contactless payments integration. Sounding way more complicated than what it is, this new function will automatically detect when a user is at an...

Railroad Crossing Alerts Come to Waze

Tim August 12, 2020 16

Waze announced the inclusion of railroad crossing alerts for Android and iOS this week, a feature that was requested quite heavily by users. It works as you'd expect: As you approach a railroad crossing, Waze will alert you. According to Waze, this move was...

Cookie Monster Voice Returns to Waze to Help You Navigate

Tim November 4, 2019

Back by popular demand, Cookie Monster is an option yet again inside of the Waze app. This decision was made not only because Waze is cool, but because November 2 happened to be Cookie Monster's birthday and Waze is partnering with Sesame Street to celebrate...

Waze Gets YouTube Music Integration, Because That’s Important

Tim August 21, 2019

We're still waiting for YouTube Music to become a usable app over Google Play Music, meanwhile I've fully switched over to Spotify, but Google's other music streaming service just received support inside of Waze. With this, Waze users can control their YouTube...

Waze Gets Google Assistant

Kellen June 10, 2019

Waze, the social GPS and navigation app whose features Google Maps has slowly adopted over the years, is catching up for the first time. Google Assistant, which arrived in Google Maps back in January, is now available in Waze. The rollout has begun in the US...

Bwoop Bwoop: Google Maps Users Spotting Icons and Audible Alerts for Speed Traps

Tim January 16, 2019

Spotted by at least one user, visual icons and audible warnings for speed traps are being displayed inside of Google Maps, bringing the app just a tiny bit closer to the awesomeness that is Waze. According to this user, the speed traps icons are viewable when...