Waze has been in the business for a long time, but oftentimes, it's always Google Maps that has the more advanced features and updates. The navigation app is now allowing users to operate the mobile ...

Navigation apps have become an essential part of modern life. Whether you are commuting to work, running errands or exploring a new city, relying on accurate directions and real-time traffic updates ...

When it first debuted in 2007, navigation app Waze had a simple mission: make commuting easier by developing a community of drivers who are able to inform each other about road conditions. The idea is ...

If you rely on an older Android device, whether it's a phone, tablet or car infotainment unit, you may soon lose access to all the new Waze features. Waze's latest beta, version 5.9.90 and higher, now ...

Waze is one of the most popular Google Maps alternatives and among the major companies owned by Google. It's predominantly community-driven, meaning most of the real-time information it offers, ...

Waze is ending support for some older versions of Android. Google will soon stop updating the Waze app on devices running Android 9 Pie or older versions of Android. The app will continue to function ...

The big appeal of Waze is the crowdsourcing of reports of road incidents such as traffic, objects on the road, and, of course, speed traps. It’s often possible for multiple Waze reports to show up in ...

You'd think that choosing the better app between Google Maps and Waze is easy, but Google seems more committed than ever to making this decision as difficult as possible. The company is working around ...

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An update to navigation app Waze has enabled use of the second display on the instrument cluster of select vehicles. The feature appears to have landed with Waze 5.4, but the manufacturers who support ...

In July of this year, Google announced multiple updates for the incident reporting system in Maps, such as larger iconography and an easy confirmation interface for other drivers on the same route.

We rely so much on navigation apps every time we drive our cars that it's all becoming dangerous. Drivers trust these apps blindly, sometimes following the suggested routes even when the road ahead ...