There are many inconsistancies in my tri-state area, NY, NJ, & CT (in New England) USA, in the lane guidance at different intersections of different highways/parkways/interstates. I am guessing this is worse in the older cities/towns that were created with older road standards, and more in congested areas. Sometimes the lanes correctly indicate the lanes that come up to the intersection, say even half mile before the split/exit. This would allow plenty of time to get into the correct lane, or plan to get into the correct lane. But other times, Waze wrongly indicates the lanes immidately AT or AFTER the intersection or lane split, which is at the very least very confusing, and the worst case, very dangerous if people try to get to the correct lane at the last second.

For example, Waze's 2 left arrow and 2 right arrow lanes on a 3 lane highway is very confusing. Which lane is being split? The right, the middle, or even the left? I would like to determine this on Waze even a half mile before.

In the NY (tri-state) area, I see the I-684 S/I-287 lane split (coordinates 41.03491, -73.72290), so Waze should indicate a middle lane split from 3 lanes a half mile before the lane split instead of Waze's current 2 arrows to the right and 2 arrows to the left. The lanes are split into 4 for quite a few feet here, so a driver does have time to not as dangerously, but illegally drive over the solid white line to get to the correct lane before the actual roadway split.

At the I-287 N/I-87 lane split (41.11522, -74.16132), Waze should indicate 3 lanes with the left 2 lanes towards I-87 N and the right 1 lane as towards I-287, not as Waze currently has 2 left arrows and 2 arrows toward I-287. Note that at the split, the right 1 lane splits into 2 which is not helpful (or confusing) information when determining which lane to use before the split. If someone see the 2 right arrows in Waze, and gets in the second to rightmost lane, it could be very dangerous if they must switch to the rightmost lane at the last moment to take the exit.

Other such highway lanes splits in the region have been fixed, but should have been defined to be consistently created in the first place.

Solution:
To improve and standardize the overall UI/UX for all regions, I would therefore suggest updating the Waze definition of Lanes (https://wazeopedia.waze.com/wiki/USA/Lanes) maybe in section "1.1 What counts as a lane?" to indicate that the lanes for Lane Guidance purpose just BEFORE the intersection (say even up to 5 or 10 seconds just before) should be used to determine the number of lanes to SAFELY allow ample time to switch to one of the correct lanes, and to be displayed say half mile before. If there are other documents used by Waze admin for the purpose of lanes and lane guidance, update and clarify those also. The lane markings on the road/ground should be used as data for Waze more than the signs in the area, since I noticed many signs are either old or just not clear enough.

Maybe Waze code must be updated also to use the WME (Waze Map Editor) segment before the gore point, not at (WME node) or after. I don't have access to see the WME lanes for a segment to check if this is an issue, so I would also suggest opening this and actually everything in the WME to at least readable (read-only) to everyone.

south korea too

Sygic implements this quite nicely with a popup lane overview so it would be an idea

Boa noite, sou usuario (Taxista) deste App a um bom tempo, e assim como eu outros Motorista tem a mesma dificuldade, quando acessamos vias com Rotatoria o app poderia indicar alem do numero da via (2 ou 3 saida), o app poderia posicionar uma cor escolhida pelo motorista identificando qual saida devera pegar. Com relaçao as vias com cotovelos, bifurcações, acessos a viadutos pista central ou lateral, poderia se usar o mesmo sistema de cor. com relação as viradas de rua, existe uma demora de alguns segundos que colocam o motorista em situações complicadas, (vire a direita em seguida vire a esquerda) é um exemplo, as vezes não ha tempo de executar tal manobra, pois o fluxo do transito e muito rapido para a via. E as vezes o app informa uma sequencia de manobras, sendo que o usuario ainda esta parado ou na primeira virada. Agradeço a Atenção, e espero contribuir com essas Observações.

Al momento de dirigirse a un destino generalmente no indica la cantidad de carriles qué hay y en cual hay que mantenerse para no pasarse camino a su destino

Please consider adding the feature to show lane choices on off ramps. It would be of great benefit when driving in heavy traffic with many lanes.

works on my android G5, I used it tonight.. when you expected off ramp appears my waze shows how many lanes are going forward n how many are for the off ramp n if the off ramp is split i believe its in bold which one to take..

It showed up Aug 2020 - then after some updates it seems to be back without it again?

Lane guidance is only present in the app, not in android auto. Also Lane guidance should not take up one third of the visible map screen, size of the arrows and / or arrow background transparency should be an option. Current black background with gigantic size arrows is everything but nice / practical.

Add option to turn off lane assistance that was recentely added to Waze. On turns/cross junctions one arrow becomes few to show which lane to take.
Please make it configurable for people that prefer one large arrow.

This needs adding ASAP for any changes on the route that involve taking a specific lane without this forces people to use other apps instead

make it work with android auto as well

My phone is a Samsung S10 and the lane assistance works fine with Waze. I get a black background with white arrows wich give the lane i need to take. Sorry for my Belgian accent :-)

That would be great. I would add a “zoom in” for roundabouts as the small icon with the number on it is unreadable if you don’t hace a perfect sight... Again, nothing wrong in imitating Tom Tom....

It would be perfect if you could add the lane guidance like the sygic showing which lane to drive by a small video like instructions.

Please, this is the only reason I have to use other GPS software at times.

This is a standard feature in many other GPS apps and is one of the main things that Waze doesn't yet support.

Implémenté dans Google Maps et TRÈS UTILE !

Any idea when?

Or show the number of highway lanes and highlight the ones that are suggested based on next moves (e.g. if left turn at light has two lanes, and next move would be right turn, highlight the rightmost turn lane)