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Waze now tells you when to leave, thanks to its new Planned Drives feature
Turn-by-turn navigation application Waze announced this morning a handy new feature that will make it easier for those who are planning to drive to an upcoming appointment, meeting or other important trip: Waze Planned Drives. The option allows you to tell the app when you need to reach your destination, and it will then alert you as to when you should leave, while taking into… Read More
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Lyft, Cabify, 99Taxis & Others To Integrate Waze’s Routing Software In Their Own Apps
Waze, the popular Google-owned navigation app that helps drivers route around traffic and alerts them to other road hazards in real-time, is today announcing partnerships with half a dozen companies in the on-demand and transportation space worldwide, including Lyft, who will integrate Waze software into their own applications to provide routing and guidance. This, in turn will feed more… Read More
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Navigation App Waze Gets A Huge Redesign – Now Less Cluttered, But Still Needs Improvement
The Google-owned navigation app Waze has a number of standout features – its ability to alert you to traffic conditions and speed traps, and re-route you around traffic jams, for example – but its user interface was not one of its better qualities. Today, the company is attempting to change that with the rollout of an entirely made-over version of its iOS application that introduces… Read More
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Waze Becomes One Of Google’s Pre-Installation Options For Android Devices
Crowdsourced driving navigation app Waze is getting a boost from parent company Google at this year’s Mobile World Congress – the free app is now included in the section of apps that make up Google Mobile Services, or the pre-installation software bundle Google offers to smartphone and device OEMs building Android gadgets. The GMS designation means that Waze can join the likes… Read More
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With 10M Users, Israel’s Moovit Tries To Follow In Waze’s Footsteps For Mass Transit
After Waze’s $1.1 billion sale to Google on the back of crowd-generated data for drivers, it feels obvious that someone should do the same thing for the world’s mass transit systems. And indeed, another company out of Waze’s home market of Israel is trying to provide real-time, crowdsourced data on public transit. Read More
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