Quick-report presets
The amount of phone interaction required for reporting is a bit onerous while driving. Tap to Report > select category > add optional additional info > send. I often skip reporting altogether to avoid distracting from driving.
I would love to see the ability to have one-touch presets for making reports from the main screen. A single tap to mark & send a report on an accident, hazard, or speedtrap, etc.
User might even be allowed to customize which presets are present and/or include specific text (i.e. "Left lane closed") for frequent events.
We plan to work on Quick-report presets in the near future. In the meantime, make sure you’ve got the latest version of Waze for all the latest features.
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MoleMan0602 commented
The majority of states now regulate touching your phone. The ability to report the 3 to 6 most common reports like disabled vehicle, police, pothole, etc with a single touch is really critical. A feature I would gladly purchase. Side note: Waze is an awesome product. Please continue to make it even better with quick single button reporting.
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William Queen commented
A button to indicate a police officer/vehicle is traveling with/in close proximity, and then another to show when they turn off/stop or exit a highway.
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manny B commented
This would be huge for Helping keep our eyes on the road.
An idea would be a 6 button visor mount Bluetooth device. Red and green to confirm or deny other people's reports. Blue for cops, yellow for construction, and then other colors for other things. Making buttons remappable would be sweet, and some buttons could have multiple actions. I.e. tap blue for cop, hold blue for sneaky cop.
If Waze made the device themselves, a la Spotify car thing, I would gladly pay $50 for it, so my eyes stay on the road.
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Alan Kibble commented
Having a couple of favorites buttons on the map screen will eliminate distracted driving by doing away with having to go to other screens to send reports. I only generally use police reported and vehicle on shoulder of road. I wish these were Fave buttons I could just one-touch on the main screen.
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Pablo Federico Ruiz Diaz Ríos commented
Add an shortcut for the top 1 or 2 kind of report of the user (in my case would be report of potholes) to be in the corner, where the icon of spotify appears now.
This in order to not have to navigate throught several menus in order to report one.
Spotify icon can be hidden under the config menu, or my waze menu. -
Michael Ho commented
I suggest to add the following to the first screen to make it easier to report while driving: car stalled, accident, dangerous condition.
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Anonymous commented
Add quick customizable icons to main screen.
For example, object on road, vehicle stop, accident, etc ... -
Ron Ducote commented
Customizable quick access buttons on right side of screen for reporting "vehicle on side of road, crash ahead, object on road, etc.."
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Michael Mallett commented
One tap (Just one button) for vehicle stopped on shoulder ahead, I have to tap too many buttons to report this and that makes me not want to do it. It’s Dangerous if I’m driving but I still want to warn others. It seems to be the most common alert, so I would think the majority of people would like this.
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Kodi75 [5] commented
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Sean Sadler commented
Just don't know why this idea hasn't taken traction,
In the UK you can now no longer touch your phone while driving, enabling this you could use accessibility technology to activate these. -
Juan commented
Make the buttons customizable instead of auto shortcuts. Buttons can be tailor to what the driver reports the most.
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Danny Llewallyn commented
This is my biggest complaint with the app. Need to get these most common actions down to just one button click. For one thing it would be much safer for the driver.
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Avi commented
When I drive and see a hazard on the sides of the road I have to go through three screens until the end. 1. Click on the alert icon on the navigation screen 2. Select danger 3. Roadside vehicle. The whole process which is at high speed causes the distraction from the road which is a risk and also inaccurate regarding the location because I go a long way from the beginning of the reporting process to the end. In 90 percent of cases it is a roadside vehicle. My suggestion is to have one icon on the navigator screen and one click will do the whole process of roadside vehicle reporting. The process I suggest is fast and accurate and lowers the risk of distracting the eye from the road
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itsbry commented
I read that a long press would bring up oft-used reports... not sure if this works in AA or CarPlay
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[Deleted User] commented
PS: don't forget CarPlay and Android Auto!
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[Deleted User] commented
I agreee! The user can choose up to 5 shortcuts for fixed buttons in the interface (this amount can be larger or smaller, for example, in CarPlay).
Example image by David:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qF42eogUHld5phDuK-wBr4lFa1BFa3D/view?usp=sharing
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[Deleted User] commented
I would add a detail: the editor can choose up to 5 shortcuts for fixed buttons in the interface (this amount can be larger or smaller, for example, in CarPlay).
Example image by David:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qF42eogUHld5phDuK-wBr4lFa1BFa3D/view?usp=sharing
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[Deleted User] commented
I would add a detail: the editor can choose up to 5 shortcuts for fixed buttons in the interface (this amount can be larger or smaller, for example, in CarPlay).
Example image by David:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qF42eogUHld5phDuK-wBr4lFa1BFa3D/view?usp=sharing
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[Deleted User] commented
I would add a detail: the editor can choose up to 5 shortcuts for fixed buttons in the interface (this amount can be larger or smaller, for example, in CarPlay).
Example image by David:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qF42eogUHld5phDuK-wBr4lFa1BFa3D/view?usp=sharing