Waze Social GPS, Maps & Traffic
- Waze Social GPS, Maps & Traffic
Description
Waze is a fun, community based mapping, traffic & navigation app, 50 million strong. Join forces with other drivers nearby to outsmart traffic, save time & gas money, and improve everyone's daily commute.
By simply driving around with Waze open, you're already contributing tons of real-time traffic & road info to your local driving community. You can also actively report accidents, hazards, police and other events you see on the road, and get road alerts on your route too. Find the cheapest gas station along your route with community-shared fuel prices. Waze also makes it fun and simple to meet up and coordinate with friends on the road.
It's all about contributing to and benefiting from the 'common good' on the road, so hop on board and get involved in your local driving community today!
- Live routing based on community generated, real-time traffic and road info
- Community contributed road alerts
including accidents, hazards, police traps, road closures and more
- Complete voice guided navigation
-
Automatic re-routing as conditions on the road change
- Learns your frequent destinations, commuting hours and
preferred routes
- Finds the cheapest gas station along your route
- One tap navigation to Facebook events.
- See Facebook friends driving to the same place
- Notify someone you're on your way by sending a live ETA
and a link showing you as you drive
- Earn points and move up the ranks in your community as you contribute road
info
- Live maps, constantly edited and updated by Waze community map editors
Drive safely!
Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Waze will automatically shut down if you run it in the background and haven't driven for a while.
What's New
Version 3.7 (May 30, 2013)
- Facebook events - your events appear on the navigation list for easy, one tap navigation
- Friends bar on
the map - see friends headed to the same place and the order they'll arrive
- Real time and offline beeping at
friends
- Exclusive moods for map editors only - 8 bit, robot and T-Rex
- Redesigned pop up alerts
-
Inbox in main menu
- 3 state mute button in main menu
- Foursquare check in from the report menu
- Lock
up north added to settings
- Support for JVC App Link Mode for compatible in-dash car audio receivers
-
Multiple fixes, optimization and more!
Version 3.6 (Feb 27, 2013)
- Report road closures in real time. Waze will close off the road and route others around it
- Report pins
tilted on map to better indicate direction of event
- Reduced map clutter by showing only relevant road names
- New moods!
- New inbox with multiple message selection
- Update gas prices popup: When in gas station
users prompted to update price (Europe only)
- Optimized performance and multiple bug fixes
Version 3.5.3 (Jan 17, 2013)
- Translation & bug fixes
New in 3.5.2
- New share my drive and share location interface
- Pick up from navigate screen
- Gas
search in main menu
- Recent places shown in main navigate screen
- Preloads route when connected to WiFi
- New call (iOS 6 only) and "beep" features for Facebook friends
- New alerts show friends online, who's
connected, and new friend driving to your destination
- Bugs, stability and design fixes
Version 3.5.2 (Jan 14, 2013)
- New share my drive and share location interface
- Pick up from navigate screen
- Gas search in main
menu
- Recent places shown in main navigate screen
- Preloads route when connected to WiFi
- New call and
"beep" features for Facebook friends
- New alerts show friends online, who's connected, and new friend driving to
your destination
- Bugs, stability and design fixes
Version 3.5.1 (Nov 13, 2012)
Crashes and other bugs fixes
Version 3.5 (Oct 31, 2012)
Meeting up, picking up, and driving together wherever you're headed - that's what the new version is all about!
✓ See friends driving to your destination & everyone's ETA
✓ Send a pick up request to grab anyone's
location & navigate to them
✓ Share your drive by sending a live map of your route & ETA to anyone
✓
New design and UI throughout
✓ Sign in with Facebook
✓ Nearing destination bar
✓ Toll road usage
indication
✓ Private messages
✓ Parking location pin
✓ Support for iOS6 and iPhone 5
Version 3.2.2 (Aug 4, 2012)
Fixes bug in rerouting after driving off route
Waze now supports Pioneer AppRadio and Advanced App
Mode-enabled products
Version 3.2.1 (Jul 11, 2012)
- Improved gas price update screens
- Bug fixes and enhanced stability
Version 3.2.0.0 (Jun 20, 2012)
✓ Find the cheapest gas station near you or on your route (US only - coming soon internationally).
✓ Redeem
Wazer-only specials on gas at participating stations (US only - coming soon internationally).
✓ Search for
businesses and points of interest by category.
✓ Add a stop on the way to your final destination.
✓
Text-to-speech including street name support in 9 new languages: UK English, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Italian,
French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish.
✓ View full turn-by-turn navigation instructions for your
route by tapping the nav bar.
✓ Improved map accuracy in street corner angles.
Version 3.1.1 (Mar 16, 2012)
- Supports new iPad
- Multiple sound-related fixes, including volume and background music optimization
-
TV-out (screen mirroring) support
Version 3.1 (Feb 9, 2012)
-Hands free operation - Use voice commands to share road events or have Waze direct you to home or work.
(Initially available for US & Canada only)
-Share your location or destination via text or email, or update
others on new ETA when running late. Your friends can click on the link in the message and launch Waze directly to that
destination.
-Navigation list is back! You'll find it in main menu while in navigation
-Improved Bluetooth
support
-Lots of bug fixes and optimization
Version 3.0.1 (Nov 17, 2011)
- Fixed tile download issues.
- Crash logs now submitted internally when sending logs - no need to pull from
iTunes.
- Navigation: fixed missing route line in some cases.
- Improved reconnect time when moving from WIFI
to 3G.
- Improved 'Favorites' management.
- Performance and stability optimization and bug fixes.
Version 3.0.0.0. (Oct 13, 2011)
· Complete redesign featuring new, minimalist U/I with two large main buttons on a full screen map
· 100%
rewritten code making the app run faster, smoother and respond much quicker than ever before
· New search fully
integrated with Yelp, foursquare and Bing allowing you to search for, navigate to and check-in at real-time destinations
you might not otherwise know about
· Full text-to-speech (US and Canada only)
· New day/night map color
schemes
· Wall in Waze Groups allowing commuting buddies to interact with one another more easily
· Smart ETA
and graphic preview of events along route
· New Waze moods
· Map preview when selecting destination for the
first time
· ETA pop up when anything changes along your route
· 'Swipe' gesture shortcuts to main menu and
traffic reporting
Version 2.4.0.0. (Jul 25, 2011)
Now with complete voice guidance using advanced natural text-to-speech capabilities (Currently availabe in US & Canada only. Will be available in other countries soon!)
Additional features:
* Animated display of traffic direction
* Road shields and improved map graphics display
* Animated display
of top contributing wazers
* Automatic centering on map after panning
* Night mode settings saved if not in
auto night mode
* Improved performance and lots of bug fixes
Version 2.3.0.0 (May 22, 2011)
Improved ETA change notifications
Improved handling of poor network reception
Improved support of
landscape rotation
Quick access to viewing alternative routes while in navigation
Bug fixes and overall
improved performance
Version 2.2.0.0 (Mar 23, 2011)
NAVIGATION FEATURES:
* Voice-guided, turn-by-turn navigation
* Live crowdsourced traffic information
* Real-time monitoring of road conditions and automatic re-routing as conditions on the road change
* Alternative
route options
* Notification when approaching police traps and speed cams
* Learns and personalizes your
preferred routes
* Free, community-updated map
SOCIAL DRIVING FEATURES:
* Road reports from nearby drivers – speed cams, police traps, accidents hazards and
more, with the ability to add photos and voice attachments to your report
* Ability to create or join local driving
groups
* See your Facebook friends on the map
* Check in via Foursquare to earn the 'Road Warrior' badge
* Fun avatars to choose from
* Twitter integration to share your road reports
* Gaming elements including
'road goodies' for extra points, scoreboard and contests
* Voice alerts for hazards and heavy traffic ahead
*
Ability to thank other Wazers for their reports
SAFETY AND OTHER FEATURES
* Typing disabled while car is in motion
* Voice-alerts when approaching a
hazard
* Automatic shut-down after 10 minutes of no movement to preserve battery life
NEW FEATURES
* Improved route information screen
* New vocal directions for turns and highway exits
*
Automatic zoom based on driving speed
* Simplified interface for adding Home / Work
* Bug fixes and
performance optimization.
Version 2.1.0.0 (Feb 8, 2011)
* Optimized for retina display
* New reporting menu with voice-recording functionality
* Voice alerts
for hazards and heavy traffic ahead
* Ability to thank other wazers for their reports
* Even more Twitter
Facebook Foursquare
http://www.twitter.com/waze
http://www.facebook.com/waze.gps
Version 2.0.1 (Sep 27, 2010)
Bug fixes release:
- Fixed connectivity issues
- Fixed a crash when using third party streaming app
(e.g. Pandora)
- Privacy settings changed (now under "Profile")
- Better iPad support
- Show archived
reports of groups in the alerts list
- 3D is default view
- "No route for user" bug fix
- Improved
performance
Version 2.0.0.0 (Aug 10, 2010)
Lots of cool new features:
- Commuting Groups: Create groups, view each other on map
- Ranking symbols
and bonus points for special achievements
- Slick new map; 3D view, new color scheme, improved map movement and
animations
- Improved search menu with single search box for points of interest and address search
- Addition
of community generated map color scheme
- Favorites backup / restore
Enjoy and let us know what you think!
Version 1.10 (Jun 30, 2010)
* iOS 4.0 support
* Facebook integration
* Automated shutdown when in background mode, after 10 minutes
of no driving / movement
* Set events display limit by radius / show events on my route
* Improved signup
process
* Bug fixes
Version 1.9.0 (Jun 3, 2010)
Map display improvements
Exclusive moods and additional moods
Clear map cache
Optional data
compression
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Crash and bug fixes
Version 1.8.0.1 (Apr 16, 2010)
* Improved Navigation Bar
* Anti-Abuse Mechanism
* Multiple Turns Display
* Facebook Connect
Connectivity
* Chomp Recommendation Engine Support
* Bug Fixes
Version 1.7.0 (Feb 16, 2010)
Automatically learned frequent routes
User contribution scoreboard
Improved iPod integration, and many
bug fixes
French & German localization
Version 1.6.0. (Jan 27, 2010)
* Performance improvements - improved responsiveness, lower memory use
* Sync bug correction
*
Ping-a-wazer
Version 1.5.1 (Jan 8, 2010)
Bug fixes
Version 1.5.0 (Jan 7, 2010)
Ping a wazer
Long sync time bug correction
Off-line navigation mode bug correction
Additional mood
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