My biggest gripe with Waze is the requirement to add traffic notification via the screen. This is a potential hazzard that could easily be avoided by allowing voice reporting. I've watched dozens of these so called tutorials and nobody seems to be addressing this issue. Am I missing something?
Yep! The good news is you can report incidents with just your voice. Here are more details for you: support.google.com/waze/answer/9332876?hl=en#zippy=%2Cwhat-you-can-ask-the-google-assistant-to-do-in-waze
My gripe is related. In order to report easily the most common traffic hazard, a vehicle stopped by the side of the road, you have to wade through several pages and buttons to get it done. Should be one button.
What ever happened to just turning on waze while I’m driving, without a destination entered. They don’t need to have my personal addresses put in there for their data mining. And sometimes I just drive. Mine doesn’t work in this mode. Tried everything I know.
Had Waze and deleted it. You can’t plan a route more than a few miles, max 100 ish. Spoke many times with Waze and even suggested that they have a paid for version whereby you could plan for longer routes but 🤷♂️
@@HowToDoItTech oh ya that was turned on ... when i turned it on with wifi then went to the car it worked fine,, but when i turned it on in the car with gps only the voice turns didnt work,,, it voiced out train tracks ahead thou lol,,, just not turns,,, weird
I was happy with Waze but sometimes takes you to the wrong address, or does necessary turns around to get you to the place you are intending to go. Is not quick to display the road when stating a navigation. Google google maps can also be misleading , and Garmin you are about to hit the main road and Garmin is still on the parking lot. Not sure why the GPS are all behaving erratically at times. They all need some big improvements
I feel like some of the feature are awkward and not straight forwards, i tried to add my cousin to my waze friends and after about 20 mins of us both googling how and messing with the app we gave up after seeing a forum saying they removed the feature from waze
🇨🇱 I have been using Waze for a couple of years by now. However one thing I am doing wrong or does not work, is adding (saving) places to my list. It just won't take it ❗ Is there some limitation, to it ❓ Saludos de 🇨🇱
I noticed in the latest update the option has changed. Now you can save access the Saved Locations by tapping 'Plan A Drive', then the Plus Sign, and then 'Saved Placed'. When you search for a new store you can add it to your Favourite Stores by tapping the Save icon.
Seems I’m stuck with a black screen with point to point directions. I can no longer get it to show the white overview map. I go into settings. I delete and download waze over and over but am stuck with this black screen.
Sorry to hear that. What phone are you using and what version of Android or iOS? There's a thread about compatibility with the latest version of Waze here for Android: support.google.com/androidauto/thread/165818053/the-waze-application-shows-only-a-black-screen-it-used-to-work-fine-couple-of-days-ago?hl=en
tried waize several times on different phones and in differet cars over many years. Most of the time it cant find the route "woops something went wrong" or "go somewhere else first". When do get it going, it frequently crashes after about 20 minutes needing phone restart. I cant remember ever having it work fully for any journey undertaken. Conclusion is it is useless. Google maps works all of the time. However to save a theroetical minute or two, GPS maps often direct me to use unsealed roads in poor condition, when can only travel at 40 to 50 kph (not the posted 100kph). Google also suggests short cuts in the city requiring turns accross 6 lane highways without traffic lights during peak traffic - impossible.
The post said on several phones in different cars. So unless your app is particularly fickle, its the app. It has real trouble on long journeys say over an hour or two cant work it out.@@HowToDoItTech
I was told that Waze can show where speed cameras are located and how to access your speed? Can't find anything although have only just downloaded the app.
Does it have settings to verbalise what lane to get in in, it find it doesnt give you wnough time before you have to take nect steps so often find in the wrong lane, I also find it doesn't give you enough time to find out (verbally) if any1 know of any sat nav that gives this would be great
That's interesting :/ So you're unable to 'Star' journeys? The way I do it is to search for a location and then you can tap the star and 'Save Place' in the top left hand of the pop-up.
Hi. So, the red number with the minutes is how much extra time that stop will add to your journey if you make the detour. For insntance, if it says +5 min, it means it will add an addition five minutes to your overall trip. The miles/kilometers number is the distance added to your trip.
Thank you for video. Is there a way to make the voice (UK Kate) a little faster. She makes announcements so slow!! Also is there a way of flipping location and destination directions like you can in google maps?
Hold down your finger on the app icon to add to your Home Screens. Then once on your home screen, hold down the icon and drag it to the screen you want. Hope that helps!
After you've set your route, tap on the icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen (little triangle/up arrow). Tap Routes, and then Settings. Toggle on 'Avoid Freeways'. This should avoid major highways for you.
It looks like the app has updated and changed the functionality. Now you have to search for your destination, tap the result you want, and there is a 'Save' icon instead. If there are many more changes I'll have to do a follow up video
Sadly, once you update there's no easy way to regress your version. You could sideload an older version you can find on certain websites like APKMirror.com but it will depend on your confidence level manually sideloading apps rather than using the official Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
That is a great question. I'll have to test it on an iPhone to see what's missing. Anything in particular you're not seeing versus the Android version?
So, you should have a little white circle on your map that is your compass. If it's not there yet: Go to Settings > Map Display > scroll to Quick Access and then toggle on the compass
If you tap the three lines in the top lefthand corner, then tap 'Settings', then 'Privacy' all you have to do is turn off 'Go Invisible'. Let me know if that solved it for you!
There is a whole other side to this program you haven't discussed. While some attributes are the same, others are not. When used with Android Auto, how do you turn it off? Can it be made to turn off automatically? I get annoyed with it when I think it is off but it isn't. Today I noticed it used my battery consumption to the tune of 3.5 hours with only 3 minutes of that reported to be in the background. I used it for about an hour that I knew of. When I finish a trip I want it to turn off automatically.
I really want to do an Android Auto video for Waze and will have to borrow a vehicle with it included as I don't have he budget to upgrade my own car right now. However, I'm going to make a note of your post and the plan is to revisit your feedback.
Great and I have had waze since I bought the car BUT I have a big problem of not having a signal outside of my house or when I do get a signal and i start to drive I then looe the signal as I live in Devon UK HELP
Waze is worse then Google Maps in that way. The same GPS and mobile network that you phone use will work much better in Google Maps then in Waze. Google probably made that intentional, since they own Waze.
Start drive on home WiFi, if you lose cell signal it will still show route and location using GPS but won't update traffic or ETA until your phone picks up a cell tower.
Your best bet is to use Google Maps instead if you're out of signal. You can download maps in advance and save them on your phone. While you can pre-download your route on Waze by starting a journey at home on wifi first, you will lose that data the moment the app needs to re-cache or you potentially turn off your phone, etc. Here's a link to my other video about downloading Google Maps in advance: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3yR1M2mEhzE.html
Hello, I am having trouble with the freeway or non freeway option to my understanding if I tap the area that says freeway and it's blue lit up, that means no freeway correct..?7:34 7:34
Hi. So, you'll first need to plan your route and then in the app go to Routes>Settings>Avoid Freeways and toggle on the option. Then go back using the arrow at the top left and now your route will change to take minor roads instead. Hope that helps!
I was wondering how you identify when another waze user passes you on the road. I see the icons for waze users passing me but am not sure which car it might be.
For browsing, Google Maps is best. For navigation, Apple Maps is far better. Waze’s navigation is poor and it’s user interface is not user friendly at all. It’s too difficult to use and to inaccurate!
Too much going on on the app. Just give me the directions and that's it. How do you cut off all the crap? I don't wanna text anyone, report anything, have anything tried to me. Just show me red, blue, or green traffic. This app is way too busy.
To the best of my knowledge, I think it's just the legacy of being a Google company. However, you should be able to go into the app settings and switch off permission for anything you're not comfortable with. I'll have to try it myself when I get a moment.
That’s why I’m not signing up. That app takes all your privacy stuff. Even monitors your online search history. I don’t want them knowing each time I go to porn hub 😧
I'm pulling away from Waze as I always (legally) update the App with hazards such as potholes or road works etc, yet after I've done just a few I get a warning message stating I have done "too many updates"!!! Really!!!! I'm merely trying to update my fellow motorists, but they don't want me to! So how many hazards am I missing due to other motorists being 'banned' from providing updates?? It seems non productive of Waze to offer this facility, yet stop people from using it...... Or do they just not like giving out points 🙄
I got that recently after the rains caused giant potholes about every 50 feet on my commute. It's probably there to keep bored kids from bulk reporting.
That is strange. Maybe to keep people from racking up completely useless points? That has always made me shake my head: *thank you for reporting, here are some points that have zero value that serve only to spike your dopamine*.
You kind of lost me at the achievements part, seems like any "community" feature could potentially make your location public. The other issue with that for me is that I have to assume only adults use this app, seems a bit elementary school to give treats for taking part.
Thanks for the feedback. If I revisit the app I'll spend some time delving into that. Essentially, it's just 'gamifying' the crowd sourced content so that Waze collects data for free. Some users really enjoy participating (like adding reviews, photos, and updating details for businesses on Google Maps for free).
Are you concerned (or is anyone) about the required acceptance of all the personal info you have to agree to download the app? It is more than most apps. That's a drawback to me.
I do find the apps that want access to my phone app a bit excessive, but I think most free apps are definitely going to trade on having access to your data.
As a navigation map, Waze is just horrible. Very stupid algorihtam. Always showing terrible routes, through some bicycle sized streets where barelly a small car can squeeze through. Making you turn 50 times on those tiny streets for no reason, instead of keepeing you on the proper main road. But no, it is "save you" 30 seconds, maybe to go and scratch up your car in the maze instead. If you go off the route, the idiotic app will need half an hour to figure out that you want to go via that street and not constantly telling you to keep turning at every intersection to get back on your route, and even keep telling you to do a u turn on every intercestion. FFS, sometimes I am half way too the destination and it still wants me to turn back. And it is never right on the ETA and traffic. The only thing Waze is barelly OK for is the notifications. That is it. And even those features are not good. You report a pothole, but if not enough users confirm that there is a pothole there, it is gone the next day. But the pothole is still there and you have to keep reporting it every day. Useless. Google Maps is far superior as a navigation app in every way comapred to Waze. And Google owns Waze. That is why tey made it so bad, to keep people using Google Maps when they need proper navigation. If they had instead integrated notification features from Waze in to Google Maps, they would have had the best driving app in the world.
I used Waze for a while. I found the ads distracting, notifications of speed traps useful. I found that it recorded the speed inaccurately, so I that I couldn't trust it. The last time I used Waze was on the Queen's Jubilee weekend. I was travelling back from Southampton on the M3 motorway, and Waze warned me of a 40 min delay on M25 (nothing new there!). To cut a long story short, to get to the A1(M) at Hatfield it took me through Bagshot, Ascot, Windsor (g'd evening, Your Maj!), and I don't know how many other towns and villages. Narrow country lanes, industrial estates, built up residential areas... I would have been better off tahking my chances on the M25.
Very well explained! I use WAZE everyday when in my truck. I have the phone mounted and have the WAZE map running. It reports very useful road info while I am driving.
Thats why I don't use waze in my truck, if there is traffic delays on route it will reroute you down roads with overgrown trees, way to narrow for a truck etc, its great in a car, but in a truck no.
Where I live I don't have issues with using Waze for navigation. My preference is to use a Garmin GPS receiver mounted under the dash, or to use the GPS that came built in to the radio unit. I like Waze for reporting traffic, construction, and if there are radar traps.
I used to use Waze but I got tried of it taking me all of these wacky, out of the way routes that were A) Way longer than they needed to be B) No way were they faster than what my standard route would have been.
I used to love Waze until, after an app update, the audio quit working through my car's speakers and now only works through the phone's speakers (iPhone 12 Pro Max). Their customer support was unable to solve the problem. Also, Waze has developed a tendency to freeze during navigation, once making me late for an important medical appointment when it caused me to miss several turns in an unfamiliar city. I ended up pulling into a parking lot so I could enter the address into Google Maps and complete my trip.
Use to happen in my mums car but just changed the "sound" setting in the app to silent back to alerts while the car was on and now she's back to being a victim of batman's directions
We went back to Google maps. The only improvement I would like to see on Maps is a distance estimator after youve made a turn. Our ancient map guidance in our old Jeep Liberty will say "prepare to turn left in x kms". So you know you can relax in that lane for quite a while still, or need to do some lane hopping to turn the opposite direction fairly soon. We have been caught trying to cross several lanes of traffic with less than a 2 or 300 m warning if the next turn is very close.
Anyone who totally depends on WAZE to reach their destination is going to end up trying to turn onto an airport runway one day. I always map out my destination and use WAZE as a secondary aid. I just ignore it when I’m told to turn south when the map shows I absolutely need to be traveling west. I grew up reading maps from AAA so I know my directions before I even leave the house.
Waze and GPS can't tell you everything that matters. There may be narrow but legal roads that your larger vehicle isn't a good fit on. There mat be rough or dilapidated pavement beating your car to death. And extra starts and stops put extra wear on transmissions and clutches. I use GPS to do the final leg of local drives since I know the main roads and all their nuances already. I use Waze to scan for wrecks and unexpected bottlenecks ahead so I can consider re-routing. Waze has the fault of both being freely available and of being widely used, so the supposed speedier and better route it wants you to take will be full of traffic following Waze, costing you any advantage you might have had. Oftentimes you're better off choosing your own route where none of the 'Waze traffic' will be.
Lol the best? It's google maps underneath, and as a trip planner it is terrible. You can't even sit on a PC with a large map and plan a trip with multiple waypoints. Google Maps it is...
My least favorite navigation app. Too many steps, and annoying announcements about vehicles on the side of the road. I always jump when she says WATCH OUT, vehicle on the side of the road. Perhaps CAUTION, vehicle on the side of the road would be more helpful. Also so difficult to end the navigation, I usually have to swipe it off. I live in the US , and use an iPhone, if that matters
Does anyone ever explain how to find diesel fuel on waze? Everything I google says to scroll down under gas stations and select but GAS STATIONS isn't an option
Hi. No, the setting seems to have been removed. What you can do is add a gas station stop on your route and then review the gas station to make sure it has diesel first. Not ideal but it's something.
Too much stuffing around and inattention to the road conditions. You should not be stuffing around with your phone when driving. Makes sense why there are so many accidents. 😢
7:09 There are benefits if you are a map editor. As you level up, you can edit wider area of the map. At the start, low levels, you can edit 1km around the roads that you commuted (except major roads and highways).
Good video for someone like me who is horrible with a smart phone. Thanks for your great explanation, I will use it to set myself up properly. You are a life-saver!
0:16 Looks like it may do what I want it to do. Want a live navigation map because the car I've just bought doesn't have it and everyone recommends phone as opposed to a dedicated sat nav unit . Google maps won't let me do this without entering a destination I believe and also running Waze while driving or passenger should help improve my google location history it seems from what I've read
Yes, Google Maps used to allow you to use navigation without a destination some years ago but for unknown reasons they removed it. This is one of Waze's advantages.
Waze doesn’t always know the best route. If I make a mid trip diversion waze will try like hell to fix my path and send me back to the original route. This may not be what I want.
The only thing that is preventing me fom using waze is that there is no sattelite view on the maps. Having sattelite view actually helps a lot especially when finding specific building or places at the end of the journey.
Google maps sucks so fuggin hard with over half the screen taken up by bs that always comes back when my phone screen times out. I don't use "turn by turn" directions so I just glance at my phone, but then the path is covered by that garbage! (the screen before you hit "go" on your trip, I just want a map, nothing more but google being google....) I'll give this a shot and see if its any better. thank you for the video :) Edit: Never mind... After reading some recent reviews, the app turned to cancer garbage and is "always on" even when not in use. Wont be giving this a try now. Oh well.
This was quite helpful. Even more so for me than a lot of people, I’d wager, as I live in Victoria. Imagine my surprise when I realized, ‘Wait. I know all these places!’
I've been using Waze for years and absolutely love it, but the new update has added an ear-piercing bell sound notification replacing the voice when there are hazards / police etc. More than once this has made me jump while in control of a 50mph 1 tonne killing machine. Very bad choice.
Not that I'm aware of. I've been through the settings a lot for an upcoming refresh for 2024 and you're just beholden to the default options when the notification is available.
Is it possible that without setup driving destination, but just keeping app opened and active while driving, Waze will alert speed limit? I am planning to randomly drive country side. Any Gadget which offers just road speed limit?
No, as far as I'm aware you will need to keep the app open to monitor speed limit changes. I've only seen automated systems in some of the more modern built-in navigation systems for cars unforunately.
Hi. I really, really, really want to do a video about Waze on Android Auto but haven't got the resources to upgrade my car yet. I'll be looking at borrowing someone else's vehicle so I can make a video about in the near future.
I downloaded Waze a couple of days ago. It wanted my date of birth to register an account. Why? Data harvesting is the biggest turn off with software and given that other apps don't intrude nearly as much then other apps it is.
I've used Waze for years... I do like the crowd sourcing.. in my area there used to be a couple of hundred waze users ...now I don't think there's that many anymore... I do like the new voices they've added though
Unfortunately I don't have CarPlay to be able to test this, but if you want to completely disconnect Waze on your phone, you will need to uninstall the app on CarPlay. However, if you're only looking to temporarily disconnect the app from CarPlay, I found this video about putting the app into Sleep Mode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MrtZjKJP2QE.html
Waze is usually pretty good about traffic info. I usually turn it on when I'm on a known route (i.e. I don't need directions), but just want to know how long I'll be stuck in this slowly moving parking lot on the highway. One major gripe I have with Waze is when driving in rural areas, the app will direct me through roads with a lot less traffic (as designed), however, there is usually a very good reason these roads have less traffic as they tend to be dangerous, not well kept up or just plain annoying to drive on (e.g. lots of hills, narrow roads and/or high crime areas). I'd prefer to spend 2 minutes driving on a regular highway and not get dead.
When will we be able to use a more effective warning sound for speed camera or light radar with waze? For example, it would be nice to be able to play-hear a police whistle or a sound of our choice effectively while driving. Flitsmeister's speed radar warning system is the best..
I used waze a while back but had two issues: 1) ads. I would have paid to get rid of ads but it wasn’t an option. 2) waze was unstable and would always crash on long drives. It was not just inconvenient but dangerous to suddenly lose navigation in an unfamiliar place
It must be your phone. I do regular 5-7 hour journeys. No issues, if you leave it in the foreground. I'm aware of some Android phones that are aggressive 'background killers'!
I must admit I haven't experienced crashes myself. Depending on the age of your phone and the available RAM if you're running multiple apps, that might account for the crashes. Also, sometimes individuals can just be unlucky and their installation was corrupted somehow. Worst case, it might require resetting your phone and installing clean, but that's the extreme option.
Anyone else had the issue where Waze randomly thinks you're on a completely different road and continually reroutes until you have to close out of the app completely then relaunch and (this is important) NOT continue the trip you just closed out of, but instead start a new one?
Yes, this happens when your GPS isn’t appropriately locked onto the GPS signal. Most common when starting a trip when the phone hasn’t captured GPS signals fully. Make sure you have good access to overhead, wait until the phone can establish good GPS lock, and you’ll be OK. Oh, and then say thank you to your United States Air Force for building, launching, and maintaining the GPS constellation in mid-Earth orbit so that we can all navigate safely! 🇺🇸
@@greghester2720 Google Maps can occasionally randomly start rotating the map in all kind of crazy directions. Its happened to me and there are also comments as to such on the Play Store. Both apps have their issues.
