Waze Beta Now Includes Lane Guidance
The beta version of the Waze app now includes lane guidance, a feature popular on other navigation apps. Here’s what you should know about this exciting new update. Confident Travels: Invest in new tires before your upcoming road trips Lane Guidance As its name implies, the new lane guidance feature notifies you which lane to […]
Cookie Monster Joins Waze Voice Options
Children around the world have grown up with Cookie Monster and all of his friends on Sesame Street. If you miss hearing his voice watching the show, relive your childhood and choose him as your celebrity guidance voice on Waze. S Is For SUV: Check out the all-new 2020 Buick Encore GX If you’re a fan of Elmo […]
Waze Data Could Help Predict Collisions and Reduce Response Time
If you’re familiar with navigation apps, you’re probably already acquainted with Waze. Many drivers use it to find the shortest route to their destination and/or to find detours to avoid traffic jams. It turns out that Waze has two more uses: helping predict car crashes and curbing emergency-service response time. Modern Defenses: Learn more about the […]
Waze Integration Coming to Ford Vehicles in South Africa
South African drivers with a SYNC 3-equipped Ford vehicle will now be able to enjoy the benefits of Waze navigation right on the comfort of their touchscreens. Ford announced this week that Waze integration is now available through SYNC 3 AppLink, meaning that the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app can now be accessed […]
Waze Carpool Service Now Offered Across the U.S.
You might know Waze only through its helpful and massively popular navigation app — but now the company can also help you find or share a ride. Earlier this month, Waze introduced the Waze Carpool smartphone app as a nationwide service. Previously, it had only been available in five states and Israel, where Waze was […]
Third-Party Navigation Apps Like Google Maps and Waze Are Coming to Apple CarPlay
If you own an iPhone, Apple CarPlay is an incredibly convenient interface that lets you use your car’s infotainment display to access many of your phone’s functions — primarily music, voice-activated calling and texting, and navigation. Now, Apple has announced that it plans to make CarPlay even more useful by supporting third-party navigation apps. Apple […]
2018 Lincoln Navigator Adds Waze, Lincoln+Alexa to Increase Appeal to Younger Drivers
The 2018 Lincoln Navigator has been raking in sales for Lincoln, seeing a 122 percent year-over-year increase through May. While there’s a lot that’s impressive about this growth — including the 13 days-to-turn rate, the high percentage of Navigator Black Label trims sold that helps drive increase average transaction prices, and the fact that more […]
Ford SYNC AppLink Lets You Project Waze Onto Your Vehicle’s Touchscreen
Waze is great. It’s a real-time traffic app that doesn’t just allow you to track the flow of traffic, find new routes to avoid the grind of gridlock, and make sure you’re minding your P’s and Q’s when you happen across a speed trap, but one that also lets you track points and have your […]
Waze Ranks the 10 Best and Worst U.S. Cities to Drive In
Waze has become a popular navigation app for drivers everywhere. Not only does it direct you to your destination, but you can get there listening to celebrity voices like Stephen Colbert, and it’s populated by user input to let you know about delays, speed traps, and more. The navigation app has compiled all of its […]
Ford Vehicles With SYNC 3 to Offer Full Waze Integration Beginning in January
Ford will offer full integration of Waze navigation in vehicles equipped with SYNC 3 over the coming weeks, thanks to the service’s compatibility with Ford SYNC AppLink. New 2018 Ford vehicles with SYNC 3 v3.0 or higher will be able to project Waze navigation directly to their touchscreens; other SYNC 3-compatible vehicles will also be […]
Liam Neeson Adds Waze Voice Navigation to Very Particular Set of Skills
If you have a MoviePass and you’ve already used it to catch up on awards season favorites like Lady Bird; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; and The Shape of Water, or if you’ve already seen Star Wars: The Last Jedi six times and don’t feel like you could possibly wring another detail from a seventh […]
Waze Available on Android Auto in Argentina, Brazil in Chevrolet Onix
Chevrolet has chosen its Onix crossover as the platform from which it will launch Waze compatibility on Android Auto in the Brazilian and Argentinian markets. Waze, the popular community-sourced navigation app, will be easily accessible from the Chevrolet Onix’s large MyLink touchscreen and through in-built voice command technology. It is estimated that active Wazers in […]
Waze Wants to Live in Your Car
Whether you are a professional driver or an occasional road tripper, Waze is a great tool to have on your phone. The app allows you to see what is on the road ahead and find amenities, from the cheapest gas to the best place to eat. From bad weather, to backups due to accidents, to […]
Waze Introduces “Where To Park” Feature (Finally)
Thank goodness for GPS apps on smartphones that help us get from place to place with as little pain as possible. While applications like Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze make getting to your destination infinitely easier than the days of paper maps or printed MapQuest destinations, there is one area where they are sorely […]
Waze Navigation App Launches Carpool Pilot Program with Strict Requirements
The Waze navigation app is known for offering drivers crowd-sourced data that alerts people to road hazards, closures, speed traps, and detours—and soon, it will have a brand-new feature. This navigation app is starting a pilot program to match up daily commuters for carpools. Before you get excited though, you need to learn about the […]
Morgan Freeman Can Now Give You Directions on Waze App
The voice of God will now be telling you when to turn right the next time you use the social navigation application Waze—but not in the Moses “God’s talking to me from a burning bush” type of way. Morgan Freeman—who’s played God, Batman’s right hand, and an inmate named Red (among many, many other roles)—is […]
Waze Offers Navigation from C-3PO, R2-D2, BB-8 This Holiday
Are you traveling for Thanksgiving this week? Then let The Force be with you thanks to Waze, which happens to have just the droids you are looking for. Shopping for a New GMC? See current national incentives and offers Waze, the navigation app that recently updated to its streamlined 4.0 version, announced this week that it […]
Driving Directions From Stephen Colbert Now On Waze
If you’ve missed Stephen Colbert since he went off the air in December of last year, you’re in luck. Not only is the comedian returning to TV with The Late Show on CBS beginning September 8th, but you can now hear him berate you as you drive if you use the Waze app. Check out […]