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  • Best app, like, ever?
    Waze (Free) - Would have said Google Maps but Waze helps me get places AND tells me where speed cameras are. Source: 5 months ago
  • Is someone using my API key or am I being stupid?
    Had the exact same thing happen to me, including waze.com as referring domain and same billables. Source: 10 months ago
  • Alexandria to Chantilly
    I would suggest using waze.com from wherever you currently are over the next few days. At the time you expect you would actually leave Alexandria for Chantilly, use waze.com's "Live Map" feature to see the route. It will show you a remarkably accurate estimate of the best route and the time it will take. It will also show you a couple of alternatives. Source: about 1 year ago
  • How is the commute from Ashburn to Arlington?
    If you want to get pretty accurate actual times for your commute, after next Tuesday (when traffic is getting back to normal levels after the holidays), use waze.com AT THE TIME you would commute to view their "live map" of the trip. It will show you a pretty accurate estimate of the time it would take right then. Source: over 1 year ago
  • There is a water main break on Belair Rd
    We are updating Waze with live closures and detours. Source: over 1 year ago
  • App Bug?
    Closest thing I could find on the internet is this tweet from @Waze_BW (German group of regional volunteer map editors). They mention an issue with personal points not being shown when logged in to waze.com. Not exactly our issue, but it is probably related to no points being shown in the App either. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Commute times from MD(Bethesda)/DC(Adams Morgan) to Tysons
    It takes some discipline, but use waze.com's "Live Map" at the time(s) you're thinking you'd be commuting. It won't show you a range, but what the actual time would be. It also shows you times of alternate routes. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Help with apartment hunting in Sandton
    How long is a piece of string? :-) Try waze.com and put source & destinations at different times to check it out. Midrand to Sandton used to take me 25 minutes when I started at 0545 so sunninghill to Sandton would be similar times if you take freeway/rivonia road. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Commuting from Fairfax to Leesburg?
    Can also pull up waze.com live map during that time of day to see what traffic is like at that particular moment. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Use waze instead of Google Maps by default ?
    Look at the link, use "waze.com" and paste your coordinate. Better, use Waze share bottom. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Settings / Notifications on app asking me to log into the website. Already logged into app. Is it broken? How to fix?
    Yeah I agree that it's lazy design. You might try logging in directly on the website. How do you normally log into the app? Like do you use a Google account or a normal user name? Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Custom Voices - mp3?
    This has to be enabled in the permissions of Waze (something like "permission to handle links from waze.com"), but that should be the case by default. Source: almost 3 years ago

External sources with reviews and comparisons of Waze

7 Alternatives to Google Maps for Navigation
Actually, Google now owns Waze. But it’s still an alternative! The key to Waze is that it’s a crowdsourcing app. Users can report accidents, traffic jams, speed traps, and other hazards. Then, their reports are shared with other drivers in the area.
Going Beyond: The Best Alternatives to Google Maps in 2024
This allows you to avoid traffic jams and get to your destination faster. In addition, Waze offers features such as speed camera alerts and gas stations with the lowest prices, making it a handy app for drivers. Due to its considerable popularity, Waze was purchased by Google in 2013. However, it is still a standalone app, not part of Google Maps.
Top 15 Google Maps Alternatives (2024 Edition)
Waze is another popular free Google Maps alternative. You will get the best directions to work from Waze, as it relies on crowdsourcing to warn you about traffic, police, and hazards.
9 Google Maps Alternatives to Use in 2022
Waze is a crowd-funded map service for desktop, Android, and iOS devices. The intuitive and highly interactive system also allows you to alert your fellow drivers about the traffic changes, speed cams, congestion, and hazards on the road. Due to its immense popularity, Wave was purchased by Google in 2013 and still exists as a stand-alone application and not a part of Google Map.
Google maps is a paid service. What are the alternatives?
Google acquired location and map services called Waze is highly resourceful and easy to use. The company has a resourceful pool of all the relevant information for drivers and people in need of other location-based resources like fuel pumps, travel map, police activity, and traffic patterns. Interestingly, Google has performed a clean merger of Waze into the pre-existing Google map service. Although, it is still...
8 of the Best Google Maps Alternatives You Should Try
You can get information about the cheapest gas stations near you, under-constructions sites, accidents, speed cameras, police and other information that is updated by millions of other Waze users. You can even track other Waze users’ and your friends’ locations in real time. Bear in mind that it’s designed more for drivers than pedestrians looking to get around a city.
6 Google Maps Alternatives and Why They Matter
You may not get local business information or extensive features with Waze’s online map. But you will get from point A to point B with the best possible route options. The real draw to Waze is the mobile app which provides live maps, turn-by-turn navigation, community reported alerts, and fuel price assistance. This makes Wave a good Google Maps alternative Waze vs. Google Maps: Which App Will Navigate Home Faster...
8 Best Alternative to Google Maps – Classic old Map
7.) Waze Map: Waze was developed in Israel and then later acquired by Google. It helps you to navigate route turn by turn, knowing the real time traffic stats. With Web, Waze supports, Android, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberrry and windows mobile phone version.

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