Would also aid in leaving one's residence without all the known/obvious directions prior to joining the 'unknown' path

traveling from A to B often necessitates a stop for fuel, lunch, etc.
allowing one to push a button to PAUSE facilitates this without the incessant "make a u-turn" and other redirections

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

It sounds like common sense to me. Maybe that's the problem.

I'm writing to suggest a feature that I think would make Waze even better: a pause button for navigation.

As a driver, I often find myself needing to stop temporarily—for things like picking up my kids, grabbing a quick coffee, or handling an errand. It would be really useful to have a simple pause button that stops the navigation until I'm ready to get back on the road.

This would not only be convenient but also safer, as I wouldn’t have to mess with my phone while I’m temporarily stopped. It would prevent unnecessary recalculations or missed instructions when I take a quick break.

I think a lot of users would appreciate this addition. Thanks for considering it.

I know it;s a duplicate, but I wanted to add a bit of extra context.

The idea is to add a pause navigation control, to allow you to do any number of things while keeping the route active. I stop to visit a store on the way, and the phone is nagging me the whole time to go back to the route.

Closing the route an resuming afterwards is not a perfect solution, as I sometimes navigate in areas without good cell service. I can't pick up the route and continue until I find a way back to data.

As a suggestion, have an option to 'Pause' appear when the user is off course. If you're suggesting they go back to the route, allow them to pause until they want the info again. They just might be grabbing a sandwich or looking at scenery.

Have a "pause" button so that when you stop for food or gas or the bathroom you don't have to turn off Waze, or stop directions.

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Put a pause button on the directions. That way when you stop at a rest stop or gas station, it dosnt keep telling you you are going the wrong way.

When you pull over for food or bathroom breaks Waze keeps on telling you directions. We need a “pause for the cause” kinda button to temporarily hold directions and voice until you are back in car and resume. It’s really distracting to have phone keep talking while in a stall or in line to buy food

Do parking lot roads even report traffic? One quick way to pause the navigation is minimize the app.

It's a great idea, should be noticed.

This has been a suggestion for 13 years and still no change? Sad

Being able to pause the directions would be really nice. On a long drive on a highway I might turn onto a rest stop or to get some gas. Hypotheticalically I might even want to stop to see a giant ball of twine. It would be really nice if I could stop the GPS from freaking out about the wrong turn.
I generally don't need the GPS to go to the rest stop or to find the gas station, and I don't want a notification to take a break.
However, being able to pause my directions would be nice as I'm not always in a situation where typing the address in would be convenient, and sometimes when I reroute an entirely different highway is suggested.

With the current Twitch Contact Us form users are immediately redirected off the form when an assumed applicable category is selected instead of providing a link to it.
This disrupts the user's attempt to file an inquiry while selecting a category that may/may not fit what they're seeking help on since current categories are unclear.

Add a PAUSE button to the map screen to allow a quick detour for a known stop i.e. gas/groceries

Totally agree! It is very annoying when traveling long distances

How about a pause button on the navigation? If I pull off to a rest stop or to a coffee shop that’s along my way I don’t need the navigation to continue to tell me turn left on Arcadia Drive and turn right. If I hit a pause button and then resume navigation. It would eliminate that annoying feature of your product. Thanks.

3 years, nothing has changed and no comments from waze. Perhaps Waze could help navigate its developers heads from the dark place they seem to be stuck in, back into the light and they could fix this issue