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public transport services
Please consider the public transport services as a transit option to waze users community (rail services as a metropolitan “backbone” mobility solution for congestion).
194 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Option to keep "battery saver" always on
Waze has this new "battery saver" feature that dims the screen when there is a long way until the next turn/action. As I understand, currently this feature only kicks in when the battery level is low (<25%). Or you can manually turn it on for a current trip, but it revert to the default behaviour next time you start Waze.
I suggest to add an option to keep it ALWAYS on. Because I would like to use it all the time... Even if the battery level is not low, I'd like to save it for the rest of the day.…
182 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Interface for linking Waze with MyLink (Chevrolet and Opel multimedia system)
I like and use Waze every day when I go to work, but watching and tapping the smartphone touchscreen is unconfortable and dangerous.
Why don't you write an interface for linking Waze with MyLink (Chevrolet and Opel multimedia system) in order to use it through the car touchscreen? General Motors has already released APIs for the purpose, and the only one compatible navigation app is rather expensive and closed source...154 votesThank you for your suggestion! We are currently not planning on adding MyLink support, since Waze works with both CarPlay and AndroidAuto, which should be available in most car models. Stay tuned for more features and updates on Waze’s blog and social pages on Facebook and Instagram.
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Bring back opposite lane reporting
Why on earth was opposite direction reporting removed? I could get quite sarcastic right now, but it's too early..
134 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Be able to "drop a pin" at current location and add to favorites
It'd be good to be able to drop a pin at current location and give it a name and add it to favorites. The current method of having to do addresses or POI searches is not always workable--especially on small form-factor devices.
132 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Bring Elvis voice back please!
I am not an Elvis fan at heart. However I LOVE the Elvis voice. Where did he go and can you bring him back please?
122 votesThank you for your suggestions!
Some of the voices we feature are promotional, meaning they are only available for a limited time.
We offer special voices for holidays, events, and just for fun.
You can use these for the length of the promotion. When the promotion ends, your voice will reset to the default and the voice will no longer appear in the Sound menu.We hope that you enjoyed the voice while it was available and can’t wait to share more exciting voices to come!
Want to try another voice?
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Waze for Emergency vehicles.
Not for the common Waze market. But might be useful for Public safety and emergency situations. Give the "ambulance"(example) Waze and it can help alert all other vehicles of the incoming emergency vehicle and its route. Also it can help navigate the Emergency vehicle to easier routes.
117 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Make waze available on my Garmin GPS
Would entreat to be able to download this app onto my Garmin so I can jut watch one map!
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Have an Apple watch app.
I'm deaf myself. I love the Apple maps notifying me when it's time to turn since I can't hear the gps. But I love Waze because of its features. But I would love it more if it had the turn by turn notifications on my watch. It would be so much more helpful.
96 votesThank you for your suggestion! We are currently not planning on adding Apple Watch support.
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Clear all History
It would be really great to have the ability to clear the history with al ‘All’ selection, instead of one at a time.
95 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Support Pebble watch (getpebble.com)
The Pebble is a smart watch with an SDK for Android / iOS. Being able to integrate with it would allow users to quickly report traffic instances without using the phone interface. Just click a button on the watch and it reports heavy traffic por example.
95 votesThank you for your suggestion! We are currently not planning on adding Pebble support.
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Keep Waze on top of Lock Screen
This is an option to keep waze on top of the lock screen because I shut the screen off during my commute to save battery and when I press the button to turn it on, it still requires me to unlock my phone before getting back to the Waze navigation screen
94 votesPlease use battery saver mode for such cases. It won’t drain your battery that much, while you’ll still be able to access Waze by a single tap on screen.
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option to report a train crossing.
Train crossing/stopped etc....
92 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Show favorites on map
In other gps devices, your favorites show up on the map. For example if you have a friends house saved and you drive by you'll be able to see it on the map. So I think it would be nice to have your favorites show on the map all the time or at least have an option to turn on a feature like this.
91 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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GPS coordinates
It would be great to have a GPS dashboard panel, displaying in the same screen:
- Longitude, Latitude & Elevation
- Velocity
- GPS status (fixed, not fixed, ...)
- Signal's strength
- CompassSomething like this picture: http://i49.tinypic.com/15chxqc.png
89 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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let user chose display colors the blue font against black is hard to read
let user chose display colors the blue font against black is hard to read
83 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Additional sort function for petrol stations
Please add an additional sort function for petrol stations ‘distance off route’ as well as the current ‘distance’ sort function.
82 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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Implement burn-in protection for AMOLED-Displays
Many users of mobiles with AMOLED-Displays report severe burn-in when using Waze on an regular basis.
Please implement an option to activate a real good working burn-in protection.
- Switching off (no dimming, the pixels must really be off!) the whole map if nothing interesting must be shown (no speed camera, no car on shoulder, no turn in 1 km or less).
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- Rasterize next-turn bar, speedometer, report button, ETA-bar AND shift them a few pixels once per minute. (BTW: this is normal behavior on smartwatches used with display always-on for years)
80 votesThank you for your suggestion!
The Report button was designed to be noticed while blending in and it’s important to keep it as is.
However, we will revisit this idea when working on Dark mode, in the future. Furthermore, since this is a physical issue that OLED phones suffer from in different apps, we recommend to use Battery Saver mode to allow your display some rest from bright colors that might lead to this dysfunction.
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Keep the Terminator voice!
I just got a notice from Waze that the Terminator voice is going away. PLEASE keep this voice as an option on Waze!
80 votesThank you for your suggestion!
As you probably know, some of the voices we feature are promotional, meaning they are only available for a limited time.
We offer special voices for holidays, events, and just for fun.
You can use these for the length of the promotion. When the promotion ends, your voice will reset to the default and the voice will no longer appear in the Sound menu.We hope that you enjoyed the voice while it was available and can’t wait to share more exciting voices to come!
Want to try another voice?
Tap Menu and tap the Settings wheel.
Tap Voice & sound.
Tap Voice Language and select the voice you’d like to use. -
Banner notifications
I would be great if a banner notification would show if the app was running in the background and a turn was approaching. Apple maps does this, and if Waze did it, there would be no reason to use Apple maps ever again.
79 votesGreat thinking! We’ll share with the team; they’re always interested in new feature ideas.
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