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Add a custom car icon with Volvo symbol
Add a custom car icon with Volvo symbol
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Add Road Surface Quality Layer (like OsmAnd) to Avoid Poor Roads
Currently Waze shows real-time hazards like potholes, but there's no permanent layer showing overall road surface quality (asphalt condition, gravel, smoothness).
Many apps like OsmAnd use OpenStreetMap 'surface' and 'smoothness' tags to color-code roads: green=smooth asphalt, yellow=rough, red=gravel/dirt. This helps plan routes avoiding bumpy secondary roads, especially in Hungary/Europe where road quality varies wildly.
Feature request:
Add toggleable 'Road Quality' layer in map settings.
Show road types: paved/smooth, paved/rough, unpaved, etc.
Route planner option: 'Avoid poor surface roads'.
Use community-edited data (OSM + Waze reports).
This would make Waze perfect for long trips with low-clearance cars (like hybrids) or motorcycles.…
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Waze sleeping mode shortcut for ios shortcuts
Could you please add settings in the waze to stop using GPS on the background or ios shortcut for sleeping mode?
I am using apple shortcut to start waze when I connect my phone to the bluetooth headset in my car. I am using navigation everytime I enter my car and looking for any way how to close waze, or stop location services - sleeping mode or any other solution to stop draining my battery. In apple shorcuts is no way to close app. There are several waze shortcuts but all of them is related to navigate somewhere, add point…4 votes -
Routes
Need more routes was going from Wisconsin to Joplin Mo. your new system wanted to send me though Illinois. I didn’t want to go to Illinois wanted to go though Iowa. When it finally found me in Iowa it finally calculated to my route it took me an hour out of the way!! Your not improving this app your ruining it!! We liked multiple routes and shortest distance the two thing you ruin!!!
2 votesThanks for reaching out. Please note this platform is dedicated to ideas and suggestions for the Waze app. If your idea is for a Community platform like the Waze Map Editor, please submit it through the Community forum. If you need help using Waze, please click here to reach the "Waze support" page.
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SPLIT: I don’t like that others can see my speed
I don’t like that others can see my speed if I use that part of the app so I can watch my speed. Can authorities access that info ever??? Because I do speed sometimes and I don’t want others seeing or recording my speed...
2 votesThanks for reaching out. Please note this platform is dedicated to ideas and suggestions for the Waze app. If your idea is for a Community platform like the Waze Map Editor, please submit it through the Community forum. If you need help using Waze, please click here to reach the "Waze support" page.
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Zone de danger
Bonjour. En france la législation nous interdit de voir la position fixe d'un radar automatique mais elle autorise d'afficher des " zones de danger " . Malheureusement waze n'affiche pas ces zones comme l'application tomtom et l'application coyote. Il faut absolument que waze ajoute ces " zones de danger " !!
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One of the Cantonese greeting is wired
For Cantonese version,
When we start the navigation, there are few versions of greeting. One of them is saying “上路”, this is really wired and uncomfortable as this term is told the person who pass away to go on his way to heaven.
There are numbers of Cantonese users get the same feeling.I think your developers may have a misunderstanding on this wording. Please help to remove it.
I have found another recommendation is the same but written in chinese years before. And it has no response for Waze. I try to use English to see if Waze can…
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Retrospective (after arrival) information on route time via non-selected routes
This feature would show how long the drive would have taken had i chosen an alternate route. When caught in traffic one often feels I should have taken the other option. This feature would provide information, after arrival at destination, on how one would have fared had another option been selected.
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One Way Construction Traffic Control
Warn drivers that traffic in a construction zone is reduced to one way and controlled by Construction Traffic Signals. We have had such a situation that has been ongoing for several months. This is on a major artery and waiting for an editor with the appropriate level could be counter productive.
A normal wazer should be able to report report as active or no longer active, with approval by a higher level
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Reportar problema por voz
Para facilitar a reportagem de problemas enquanto se dirige, sugiro que a comunicação possa ser feita por voz, evitando que o motorista precise pesquisar na tela o tipo de problema. Por exemplo, o motorista falaria: “Hy Waze!” - o software Waze ficaria ativo para receber um comando e responderia:”Sim?”) - e então, o motorista daria o comando de voz desejado.
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Push the start date limit for road closures an extra month in the future
Right now, map editors can place road closures at most one year in advance. When an event ends, they often announce next year's date. It would be handy if we could add those closures at that point, even if the event will take place like a weekend later next year. Now, we often have to set a reminder to add these next week or so. Therefore, I'd like to propose this limit gets pushed one extra month in the future, making the limit 12+1 months. It might be best to adjust this limit for some other related things, such as…
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Add a temporary traffic light option
For example, when there is road work, they put up temporary traffic lights, so add the option for people to report it.
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Ability to adjust timing of warnings
Ability to adjust timing of warnings + or - by 100m increments.
Warnings are often too late.
4 votes -
Comment ajouter des itinéraires sur Waze
le choix d'un itinéraire n'est pas ergonomique. le calcul de l'heure de départ pourrait être lié à des temps d'étapes
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Motorcycle Icon
It would be great if users could choose between the arrow icon and the motorcycle icon when using motorcycle mode. Personally, I prefer the arrow — it looks cleaner and easier to see on the map.
2 votes -
Hazzard confirmation UI
While driving it's very hard to use the Yes/No buttons, while paying attention to the road and hazzard that was just announced. I would suggest a large control with swipe left/right, that is easy to use without looking at the phone screen for long, and without trying to be very precise with your fingers on the screen. You could still split it in two areas, so a click on the left or right still work as Yes/No, just to avoid annoying users that are accustomed with the current UI. As it is now, I only use those buttons when I'm…
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Add traffic like icons to your maps like Google Maps.
Google Maps has traffic light icons on their maps which is very useful when deciding what intersection to use, especially when making a left hand turn in heavy traffic areas. I don't understand why this feature is not offered since Waze is under the Google umbrella.
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Alerte pour les ralentissements
Envisager de créer une alerte pour signaler les ralentissements devant sur la route afin de nous permettre de mieux anticiper le freinage
3 votes -
Customizable Speeding Alert Sounds
Please consider allowing users to customize the sound when a user exceeds the selected speed limit threshold. The beep the app makes is too quiet and easy to miss. A customizable sound/volume or an audible alert of "Speed Threshold Exceeded" would be useful for users who desire the alert to opt into.
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Notification distance has been shortened
The distance for notifications has been shortened from 0.5 miles to just 0.3 miles for all alerts. Please move notification distance back to 0.5 miles or even let me set the notification within the app.
9 votes
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