- The new Waze button allows faster navigation in favorite places
- The recent update follows a general update of the user interface
- Slowdown alerts and track sewing notifications are also
Waze has long been a favorite for motorists thanks to its early use of data from the crowd for the most recent travel information and precise route advice. Admittedly, the tastes of Google and Apple Maps have now caught up, but there remains a popular app for users of Android Auto and Apple Carplay.
If you use the latter, you will find that Waze has discreetly updated its Apple Carplay user experience, so the interface seems not only cleaner and more modern, but is also easier to use thanks to a mixture of key functionalities .
A shortcut for favorite or the most visited destinations is now on the right side of the main screen, just under the search button, before the start of navigation. It makes it much easier to get a routing to a home or office address with a few promises.
It is also intelligent, because this hot touch of favorites will adapt according to the time of day and the driving behavior planned. For example, a press the morning button will sail directly to the office if it is part of your routine. Likewise, he will come back home in the evening.
The car bar at the top of the screen now has a favorite button (to manually enter and manage addresses), as well as notification volume and vocal search.
However, during navigation, the search functionality is now hosted in this car-skid bar, it is therefore necessary to open during driving, which can be frustrating.
In addition to updating user experience, Waze has also recently announced a series of new features, including slowdown alerts and notifications of dangerous curves to come or pointed corners, which adds to its existing community functionalities which Easily mark obstructions or disturbances along the routes.
In addition to that, the Waze UX also now offers notifications of merger track, which sees all the appropriate paths appear on the map with an indication of the right track to continue a trip safely.
Your waze is numbered
It is not a coincidence that Google Maps has started to look much more like Waze in recent years, the technology giant adding things like risk alerts generated by users and pretty interchangeable icons at its own cartography Since he bought the company for $ 1.3 billion in 1 2013.
While Waze was once the essential application of traffic notifications in real time and almost instantaneous alerts concerning congestion or nearby accidents, Google Maps has now caught up and the fact that it has the power of Google behind it means that ‘It is completely powerful the most powerful tool for navigating restaurants or places of dark interest.
In addition, many car manufacturers now manage Android Automotive as an infotainment operating system of choices, allowing the said car manufacturer to introduce specific information to vehicles to Google Maps.
This is particularly important for electric vehicles, where the remaining range of batteries and the proximity of the chargers nearby, the price per kilowatt and the live status (many of them do not work) is essential for stress -free trips.
Despite this, Waze users have increased tenfold since the acquisition of Google in 2013, according to an interview with its founder in Forbes, indicating that it remains extremely popular with users of Android Auto and Apple Carplay in general.
But for how long Google will continue to allow its developers to work and introduce new features is the assumption of anyone.
