Is Waze Dying? 

google maps: turn right apple maps: turn right waze: 500 ft ahead there is a car stopped on the shoulder. 50 ft ahead there is a stray cat giving birth on the sidewalk. It is beautiful. 10 ft ahead there is a young boy filled with the hope of one day finding his father

You missed the biggest advantage of Waze. Thousands of dedicated volunteer map editors who live in the community they edit. The map is far more accurate plus road closures are posted and removed faster than Google (even though Google leaches the data with some lag). Recently in Northern Virginia the I-66 express lanes were opened and Waze was using it for routing the day it opened. The other nav apps took weeks to pick up the changes. If you're using an app for commuting in some urban hell hole then Waze is it, hands down.

Waze for road-trip and Google for navigating to an unknown destination. Also, Waze allows for alerts without a destination making it more useful to leave open even when not navigating.

“Speed camera reported ahead” best Waze feature hands down.

Apparently, Waze also learns your driving habits and style. Meaning Waze would recommend you the road you would normally go through daily, rather than recommend you new roads all the time. Heck, even gives ETA based on my previous average driving speed, which is actually different between drivers 😉

Unfortunately where I am in Northern Ireland Waze used to be fantastic. When the user base dropped off here and the user reporting became less frequent it just made more sense to go back to Google which has much more up to date traffic data and road closures. Shame, I loved using Waze.

On a Texas interstate a year or so ago, Waze instructed us to exit the main lanes and to follow a circuitous route through a small town, then reconnect with the main highway. At first, we were puzzled, but discovered later there was a major slowdown on the interstate (which we could not see when Waze sent us on the detour) and the alternate route moved us faster than if we had stayed on the highway. Kudos to Waze!

My biggest reason for using Waze is the pothole warnings, speed limit exceeded warning, speed limit display and current speed display. Currently (in South Africa at least) these features aren’t available in Google Maps or Apple Maps.

I think the biggest difference with maps is the navigation system itself. You can assimilate this with ants. When an ant moves forward, it leaves behind a trail of pheromones, which are detected by other ants. Over time, the passage that is the most marked will be the one that is the most used. Waze uses this system by placing a minus sign on the map when braking, and a plus sign when accelerating. This system gives you instant access to all traffic data (including traffic alerts), so you can choose the most optimized route. It's very effective in towns and cities, where roads and paths cross a lot, and I find that other gps systems are much less effective..

What I love about Waze is the routes and options of routes compared to Google and Apple which give you more of a direct route whereas Waze will give you the fastest route using side/back streets and traffic data

For me, only problem with Waze is the stop planner, you can only add 1 stop and a final destination, whilst google maps can plan a route with multiple stops which can be shared with your friends. This is especially relevant for my group because we go on long drives with multiple stops in which waze is just not a viable option. Everything else - amazing.

I only use waze when i need to break some laws 😂

I just hope Google won't ruin Waze. It's my to go navigation and in my country it's actually used so much that while waiting at traffic lights I easily get a report about an accident behind the intersection that happened a minute earlier.

For anyone who don’t want to waste their time on clickbait: No. Waze isn’t dying. He never mentions Waze dying or anything like said in the title.

I'm from the UK and have used Waze as my only navigation for many, many years. It has saved me countless speeding tickets and I have contributed to map changes and inaccuracies in my local area, which was extremely easy to do and I was contacted by a map editor for further details. I have no reason to use any other navigation app.

I think that Google would be well advised to keep the two product separate, while still "poaching" features like learning the driver's preferred route and typical speeds, and sharing map corrections and incident reports. Waze should stay "gamified", and social-oriented, while Maps should be more "straight-laced". Essentially, who rather different interfaces to the same information base and routing engine.

Every so often I try to compare all 3 and so far Waze is better for getting around traffic issues, and well as notifying me of things I may encounter on the road. Google Maps is suppose to get data from Waze but in my experience is not always the case, at least not as fast.

My biggest pet peeve with Waze right now is this: Back in the day, when I reported a significant slow down or stand still in traffic, it would automatically reroute me. Now, it just gives me the points and thanks me for helping other people who will be rerouted, while I stay there in the stand still traffic. I would like it to go back to rerouting me, I am not interested in helping others... I don't want to be stuck in traffic...

Waze is my primary app. I’ve been using it since 2010. Although in my country Flitsmeister is the top app. As more people now report in FM, I now use an automation script to launch FM in the background and launch Waze as my primary navigation. This way I never miss a speed trap, pot hole, etc on my journey. As I use CarPlay, I have never noticed the zero speed advertisements. I love the congestion and parking planning in the app the most. Over the years Waze has saved me literally weeks! One extreme example: Waze helped me avoid a 4 hour standstill traffic jam and got me home in 1.5 hours. I hope the app stays for another 10 years! 🤞

I joined Waze 13 years ago and I have 98,303 pts. I actually was a map contributor for my local city back in the beginning.

Near me there is a road that had a temporary speed limit reduction from 40 to 20, which lasted a year. This was removed 18 months ago. In Waze the speed limit went down to 20 and back up to 40, pretty much as it happened. In Google maps it took 3 months for the limit to go down to 20, and 18 months later it is still at 20.

At least in Brazil, you’re a “weirdo” if you don’t use it, mainly due to speed radar warning. Google Maps is used only to look for places, and Apple Maps is a no go.

The algorithms that decide the best directions to your destination for Waze vs GoogleMaps are very different. You won’t notice it so much in small suburban and rural communities, but those differences are exacerbated when you are in a major metropolis or your destination is a major metropolis. Despite the common ownership, those algorithms have remained separate. I live in NYC and the routes each app calculates for in-city destinations can be materially different even if you make all of your driving preferences identical. Typically, but not always, GoogleMaps gives you a more consistently faster route than Waze for intra-city driving. GoogleMaps also tends to stick to major roads whereas Waze can sometimes take you on a side street adventure. Now for inter-city driving, Waze is hands down the better algorithm. GoogleMaps is lazy for routes between cities and sticks with the same route unless the traffic causes a very material difference in time to destination. Whereas Waze is more likely to anticipate traffic and will risk a more creative route that is often times better. One more thing. GoogleMaps assumes that you will be driving at the speed limit (unless there is traffic obviously) when calculating its ETA. Waze assumes you will drive 10-15% faster than the speed limit. Don’t believe me? Test it out yourself. Happy driving.

One thing I like about Google is the satellite view. Very useful if you're driving a large vehicle and need to determine whether there's room for you in a particular parking lot or not. But Waze's obstacle and speed trap warnings are much better in my experience. Not sure if this is still the case, but my Apple Car Play and Android Auto never let me report anything on Google Maps or Apple Maps. Waze, however, does allow me to report stuff through my radio's head unit.

Waze is a staple in the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila where gridlock is as normal as breathing, its essential for any motorist and is a must if you are a ride share or delivery rider. The social media savvy country combined with lots of time due to daily gridlock make it really good for finding directions, although there are certain areas where instinct is still better.

They need to update the UI, it feels very outdated. I think there is a middle-ground between friendly, fun, but appealing and fresh.

It's very simple how the two apps live in harmony together (and why Google will keep it that way). Waze is the navigation to get you there (or at least, to the parking bay). Whereas Google Maps is to find the precise location of your destination (you'd might use Street View to get an idea of what you're looking for)

In waze the navigation is updated more frequently to avoid traffic, in google maps it seems to calculate it at the beginning but not updated it after during the trip. It will also choose a direction with less traffic even if it has a bit more mileages. And of course the radars indication is a huge plus.

Google should start pulling traffic reports from the Waze servers and simply add them to the Google Maps in real time. In that case, both platforms users would benefit and have real time information when needed :)

Very well thought out and explained. I feel like you checked all the boxes with this. Great job!

Great video explaining Waze functionalities! Although I always use Waze, the frequent innacuracies in planning the route in a city I am very familiar with has lead me to think this is very intentional on Google’s part. Either by not allowing Waze to improve or by actively sabotaging it. I would also like to add that for me the key way of avoiding any issues with the route (on Waze or any other app) is do some planning ahead of time. Look at where point B is on the map, choose for yourself what the fastest route is, check what the route you are presented with is and then judge by yourself based on actual traffic that you can see whether it makes sense to take those suggested shortcuts or not. I have been in situations where I got a better ETA by not taking those shortcuts and judging things on the spot. Of course this does not apply in unfamiliar territory, but for regular commuters that could help. Things I like: all the things you mention in the video + the UX + the fact that even when you disconnect your phone from your car, it remembers the destination and will resume it. Even if you do lose internet coverage, the app doesn’t freeze, it just keeps going with the available information it had at the beginning of your journey. Also the community is super helpful in updating the restrictions and new roads! There are 4 things I do not like about it: 1. The inaccuracies which I mentioned previously; 2. The ability to have routes downloaded offline. In places where signal is scarce, I usually download maps on google and use that because Waze cannot even plot a course if it’s not connected to the internet. As I mentioned earlier, it doesn’t drop if you get in a more remote area than when you started, but once there, good luck looking up a new destination. 3. I also don’t like the fact that when you select a certain route, Waze can decide for itself to switch to a different one, which is very infuriating especially because you might not notice. One way of mitigating that is to add a stop to force it to go where you want. 4. Although also applicable to other apps, I would still like to mention that it doesn’t know how to do a U-turn in a street if this is permitted by traffic laws and instead will take you streets away just so you can land in the exact spot where you started from if you had just turned the car around. All in all, I’m still using Waze 99% of the time. It’s just better for driving.

Most important features for me that Waze has but other maps app don’t is GPS real time speed (great to quickly check if you’re over speeding), and police/speed radars presence. It also is more informative about traffic jams and how long you will be stuck. So basically to avoid speeding tickets Waze is unmatched.

I love Waze so much especially for the alerts, and the way the app functions in general. I have been starting to use Apple Maps more though because I don’t have to look at my phone to double check where I am going as much. Apple Maps shows stop lights and (most of the time) stop signs. It also will say “go past this light and then turn right” compared to Waze saying “turn right in a 1000 feet”.

love your videos man, so clean and well produced. you def on the come up 🙌🏻

When I was studying at UK, Google map is the best navi app for me. But back in my home country of Malaysia, everyone I know including myself are using Waze. I have tried to continue using google map when I first returned, but quickly I changed back to Waze. For Malaysia, Waze is just a lot more accurate. It knows Malaysian roads and tolls and highways. It is just perfect. And for a developing country like Malaysia, everyone drives. I feel like Waze is just made for driving users. While for google, it is damn accurate when it comes to public transportation and walking. Which isn’t that popular in Malaysia.

It's also the only app that has "passive" driving features, like still showing useful info like speed limits when when not on a specific selected route.

As soon as Google bought Waze, they started stealing all the best ideas for Maps. For example, the banner to help you pick the right lane at a junction. There are still so many great features that only Waze has. I'd be very disappointed if Google killed Waze without providing these features in Maps.

Controversial but honestly I kinda hope Waze merges with Google Maps. Would encourage other map apps, like Apple Maps, to adopt more waze-like features, because Waze alone is only good for directions and road notifications. Also, Apple and Google need to do more advertising for these features so people know they exist. My parents had no clue Apple had crowd-sourced reporting. Because why would they? They were never told, and most people don't stay up to date with release and patch notes for their devices and software.

Back in the day waze used to change routes based on traffic/accidents that happened and suggested changes mid drive. It was amazing! Nowadays it never happens but it's still the best navigation app. The fact that people can post pictures of what happened so you can decide to turn around or not if your stucked is crazy good. Hope google invest more in it, the community makes it the best.

I like the traffic avoidance a lot, also waze doesn't care about keeping you on the bigger roads like most other navigation apps. It learns my preferred roads(for example when I go to work I mostly use a route that takes 3mins longer than the fastest) and waze detects that and uses that route for future directions. Lastly it learns my average speed on different roads, my eta almost always is spot on.

Been using Waze for about 10 years, love the nav UI which is why I use it most often.

As you said, I am one of the people who tends to use both Google maps and waze. Simply because I use both public transport and a personal vehicle. Waze is a great app for driving with all the traffic information and the reports of things around me, but when it comes to public transport, (when I'm navigating inside my city) I have no other options than Google maps, and even then, it lacks in features, and I have to use Moovit as well... I need to get directions in google maps, i.e what lines should I take and where should I switch, and than I check the times of the line in the moovit app, as well as pay in the moovit app. I wish this all experience was more cohesive. Google tends to not be exact with the times of busses, and moovit is not good at suggesting routes😢

Waze was amazing during our roadtrip however some countries here in Europe does not have alot of roads mapped so it was extremely hard to use the App in for example Hungary, Croatia and Italy. But Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Poland was amazing with tons of reports for upcoming dangers and etcetera.

One thing I noticed is that Waze is far better at detecting traffic and at road navigation in big cities; but living in Europe, we have a lot of narrow / steep / kinda inaccessible roads, especially in smaller towns or close to the mountains. That’s when I immediately switch to Maps, because I get stuck on bad secondary roads way too often. Maps is also far better when road-tripping, i prefer the overview especially on the desktop version!

Wow. My friend has used Waze for a few years and I think this video convinced me. I live near a major highway and a university so there are always road closures and a lot of traffic. This might really help my navigation for where I live

Man I absolutely love waze ! I feel like for me all three serve a purpose , when I’m up in the mountains and I have no service are use downloaded maps on Google Maps if I’m riding my bike or taking transit I use Apple Maps , and for strictly driving point to point I use Waze ! But I do feel like it’s time for ways to have a major update because the display is getting boring

I use Apple, but need two enhancements: integrate Music into the app (like Waze does), and actually pinpoint where the "speed check reported ahead" is on the map! Both would be great; roadtrips especially.

In Israel, it's used almost exclusively by drivers, Waze links are included on event invitations or navigation instructions - even to governmental institutions as well as private businesses. It's even used in day to day conversations as in "put on Waze" or "what does Waze say?"

Like Instagram to Meta, Waze has a purpose to most of the users in the road. It’s funny when you say Google Maps or Apple Maps was used for driving. For me at least, it’s used as dictionary for everything about the world like place to eat, public transport and planning the route, which works well when I’m a passenger rather than the driver. However, when you are on the road, you just need some essential things like how long, how fast, any road intrusion ahead and any alternatives ahead which Waze delivers very well. Also, Google Maps as directions does get too clunky for less powered phones, and Apple Maps might not be too updated in countries that don’t use Apple products all the time.

I loved Waze, but Apple Maps improved significantly, and I adopted it. Like you said, Waze is just a little clunky on the phone and even more clunky in CarPlay. However, I will admit that I will open Waze when I'm in an urban setting at rush hour. Waze's alternate routes are often smarter than the Apple and Google map apps.

As a Sky engineer I do a lot of travelling to peoples houses. My main navigation app is Waze. It is the best one but it is a little hungry on that initial data connection and I can sometimes be in an area where Google maps can make a connection and route me but Waze would time out. I also use Apple Maps for one reason. Named houses. If you type in a named house Waze and Google maps don’t find them but Apple Maps will find it straight away and literally be pin point accurate as well. None of them are perfect, they all have their use cases.

My 70s DJ navigation voice makes my drive to work feel like I'm in the disco lol

Waze has “planned drive” - being able to check what time I should leave ahead of time is literally the only thing that locks me into Waze. No other features matter.

Waze would've been awesome if they offered an Ad-free version and the ability to have the arrow centered while in landscape mode.

I love Waze and hope it sticks around. My biggest issue is the stop ads which should go away, but there have been several times when I go for the screen when it is still there or just pops up and end up clicking it which instantly changes my route to there. Something I would neve do, and makes it really dangerous as I am on the road, but now have to figure out where I am going and find and select the correct destination.

In Brazil, Waze is the best app for a few reasons: new roads get added quickly; it shows all speed traps on your route; the community is always on top of hidden speed traps; it allows you to add your plate numbers so that the app can remind you to not drive on days where your plate is banned (in São Paulo, due to the massive amount of vehicles and people, certain license plates cannot drive on certain days. It’s based on the last digit of the license plate); it allows you to add your toll pass and, of course, it has all the other alerts that help you on your way to wherever you’re going.

For looking around town, planning possible routes I’ll use google maps. For actual driving and navigating I only use Waze without turn by turn or alerts. Waze is generally faster and more accurate for me, reporting is useful and I’ve been a map editor in several regions and countries for the last ten years and I appreciate being able to flag a problem and be able to quickly solve it. In fairness, I’m a fan on honor systems like Waze, Wikipedia etc. and tend to give my focus to them as much as possible. It would have to either be forced on me or something catastrophic for me to migrate away from Waze.

I loved waze and always pushed it for friends and family. However i've been burned so many times by it freezing/ crashing causing me to miss turns or being unable to calculate an especially long route. The former occurred with CarPlay so there could be integration issues. It definitely makes sense with the revelation that google hampers their development/ improvement. I'm not sure why though, they still own it and should want people to use it. After all, as you mentioned, many people use both Waze and either google or apple maps so it's not detracting much from google maps and can only give google another strong weapon to pull iphone users from apple maps. They need to fix the bugs and keep working on improving what makes it special

It’s the most complete when it comes to car navigation! Speed limits, community stuff, and it has ton of info, you always find what you’re looking for! (i just wish it wasn’t so glitchy with CarPlay)

I would love a merge of google maps and waze if done correctly. One big difference they have, at least on my region, is roads law, sometimes google maps takes my on a road which would be a wrong way, potentially getting my a ticket or worse, a car crash, and waze have this correc ted because of the community and profile learning.

I think Wayze should be a GUI Overlay over Google Maps. It could be a feature in Google Maps that you enable to bring the gamification and engagement to the platfrom, while contributing to the passive userbase that is more focused on passive navigation in the standard Google Maps view.

I am psycho and use two navigation apps at once. Apple Maps because the navigation hasn't just gotten better, it is now better. Waze because the community reporting is second to none. Waze also has more specific reporting like hidden police, potholes, or fog. The navigation on Waze has gotten awful though constantly getting me stuck in places when Apple Maps doesn't.

I love the toggle option for "avoid hard turns". This prevents me from making a left turn on a major street waiting for 10 minutes and potentially gettting in an accident.

There were two google apps that I just LOVED, but were simply discontinued overnight: Google Trips and Inbox. Nearly none of their features were merged into the other apps and it’s just sad. I would not be surprised if Google did the same to Waze, unfortunately.

I have been using waze for almost 8+ years and I love the fact that they report speed cams and cops hiding somewhere. Legit question but does google maps or apple maps does that?

I just don't like how it's encouraging ppl to use their phones while driving

Apple maps - Default navigation Google maps - Backup for apple maps Waze - On whenever not navigating to see alerts and make alerts

Waze can show which lane of the road should we take or drive. Specially we are no use to huge city. really useful.

I love using it on trips, although it’s really buggy when using CarPlay where it’s very obvious the developers don’t use it themselves otherwise they’d spot the very obvious bugs, and I wish it had outlines of buildings like on Apple Maps so I can see which house I’m arriving at rather than looking for the address number on the house

Google maps runs the risk of being too big to run and maintain (if not already) if it does take on all the Waze features - as it's already supporting streetview, reviews, public transport, routing and its own navigation. It could become the new Facebook of the digital map world, trying to be a jack of all trades. Google have had 10 years to merge the apps but haven't. I can see a future for Waze, especially with a loyal community behind it.

I'm really torn between Apple maps and Waze. If Apple maps had the enhanced crowd source, Apple maps would be my go to. The one thing I love about apple maps is that when there is a turn coming, My Apple Watch will vibrate, so I don't have to look down at the map . That is a huge deal for me. But the better crowd sourcing o Waze keeps me using it.

I believe Waze is owned by Google. As such, would be curious if user inputs by Waze users are seen by Google Maps users and vice versa 🧐

waze team 👇

Waze i use exclusively for car navigation and while driving. Google maps is for getting phone numbers, addresses and hours for businesses. Plus marking and saving of POI flags, and walking navigation, i use Google maps.

Waze’s navigation commands are the best. Tells you to stay on which lane, and that information is consistent with markings on the road surface. Google map just says turn right. B.S. Camera warnings are also helpful in Waze.

My years long wish for Waze has been to allow more than one waypoint between my present location and final destination.if they allowed say 10 waypoints I could enter every stop I need to make than it could include a route planner to offer options based on fastest, shortest, and most most efficient by taking advantage of time of day, known traffic patterns, construction and accidents. I’ve understood why they’ve never done this because both the technology and math required is pretty basic stuff,

I’m from NY and no longer using Warez for years. It has way too much information on the map which I don’t needed. Moreover, the ETA was not based on live traffic which was the major reason why I decided to move to Apple map.

Waze is the only mapping app in London that gives accurate travel and arrival times. And the UI that lets you view differences in travel time based on when you leave is something no other app seems to have.

Shocking how so many people are on the band wagon of using a mobile device while driving. Around here, it's against the law to hold your cell phone while driving (only usable in hands-free mode with single touch, parked, or contacting emergency services). This ban includes being stopped at a light. This, and the larger easier to see, built in navigation systems in cars makes them the preferred tool. I think the last time I saw someone actually use Waze was 5 years ago and that was a technically challenged senior. Garmin is the clear leader with added tools such as using your vehicle height to navigate around low bridges (something Waze isn't even considering adding as a feature). Also crowdsourcing is a thing of the past for navigation since traffic can now be sourced through a variety of data sources like road sensors, and data collectors which identify movement of GPS devices. From a data privacy perspective, it's an extremely bad idea to be sharing your location. Period.

The problem with Waze is that it's really not that well known Globally I've never heard of it in my entire life tbh, and this is the first time i see/heard of it when i stumbled upon your video randomly

I'm a waze user from Finland and never seen any ads inside the app. I was surprised when you mentioned pop up ads at stop lights.

An intersection nearby to my property was modified in the last month.. from a sweeping bend with a T intersection to a huge Cross intersection.. Waze was the first mapping app to have the changes to the intersection listed.. (within 1 day) while google took 2 weeks.

Waze has features I like: speed alerts and showing the speed limit all the time. On other platforms when you aren’t navigating the speed limit disappears

It shows the speed cameras, you can set up which countries, county’s “vignette” do you have and not just avoid tolls option. It is better on so many ways.

I love the Waze Blockbuster audio theme :D puts a smile on my face every drive

As somebody who is a full time rideshare driver, I use google maps over waze for several reasons. 1- I can tell google maps to avoid/allow toll roads through my android auto and it has no problem switching between them whereas turning tolls on and off in waze is much more user involved. 2- Waze has a habit of making simple directions much more complicated; for instance on city streets where going straight and making 1 turn to get somewhere may be just fine, waze will have you turn left off the main street, turn right on a side street, turn left on another side street, make another right, then another left, then right, then left back on to a main road. 3- I can see upcoming traffic conditions on google maps, I can look at my map and see if there are bad traffic spots along the route and get updates about why I'm being sent a certain route and waze doesn't do this. 4- the map is slow to respond, google knows almost immediately when I make a turn, but waze kind of always lags behind which can make following time sensitive directions(like a crowded downtown) much more difficult. 5- google gives you plenty of advance notice when you need to make a turn whereas waze lets you know basically at the last second resulting in many more missed turns, especially when combined with the previous reason.

I love Waze, I have it opened all the time on my CarPlay because I love it’s cartoony maps look. It also has live alerts which are amazing for motorway / highway travel.

For me is like this: when walking or going somwhere by a public transport, google maps is the first option. But when i'll drive, Waze is my go to. Had some problems in the past driving with GMaps and I don't regret never using it again for this.

I don't drive, but i really liked your video 😊 great montage, was pleasant to watch ❤

For driving gmaps and imaps both have their extra bonus features But Waze is by FAR the most useful of them all (plus my voice assistant's voice is hand unit from fnaf)

the big thing that kills waze for me is the imprecise map display and most importantly the fact that (at least in france) it considers any highway as a paid highway. so if you set it to avoid toll booths, it just completely avoids highways.

Used to have Waze as my default just purely due to the crowdsourced reports and how active it was! Recently I’ve reverted to Apple Maps which I have found has vastly improved. Although not on the level of Waze with level of engagement I have found its detection of traffic and routing is great. Just my 2¢ 😊

Waze is the number 1 navigation app where I live, also the app's home country. Alongside Waze, I have GMaps (walking) and Moovit (public transport). I actually rarely use Waze, usually, it's my parents who do. It's our go-to navigation app, but my parents typically disobey it when it takes them through a strange route.

I love your animations. Can you make it dark mode so that viewing in the night will be more comfortable. You earned a sub

Waze map looks so good, I use it just cruising backroads to see curves coming up

I find the ETA from Apple Maps more accurate. While using carplay, I make sure Waze is running in the background, to get updates (notifications) even when not using Waze for navigation. Apple Maps has grown and now has speed trap reports as well, but no trajectory speed traps (yet?) and it lacks of course all other kinds of notifications (road conditions, weather conditions, generic road hazards, etc.) Also the gamification of Waze can't be underestimated. Because whenever I do come across a car stopped on a shoulder, I'm usually too late in switching to Waze, reporting it, etc. and I curse, since I could've gotten some additional points for the report. So in the end I keep moving back to Waze.

Waze is good and here is a reason why. 1: They can detect speed cameras and detect cops. G maps: 1: Provide walking and transit Waze for the win!

There there be an option for vehicle height restrictions. Low bridge, trailer too high, renting a truck with a very high cargo. We've seen videos where a low bridge slices the top of the truck off. If Waze (or whoever) had a low bridge height option, that would be wonderful. With a following option of low height garages.

Never heard of this until now. Will try this.

I will always use Waze. I have like 20k points and have used it for over 3 years now. The real time updates for say, construction, speed trap, road kill, vehicles on the side of the road, ect. are always more welcome than sometimes the zooming in and out getting a little janky.