Voice for everything, including thumbs up or not there needs to be a lot better. It's a driving app and needs to be totally hands free
Voice commands are bad and they give up trying after a couple attempts. You cannot thumbs up or say not there with voice. It takes 5 taps to report some things which is ridiculous. Voice needs to be reliable, it's a driving app ffs
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Leslie Lathrop commented
Voice confirmation would be so much safer
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Nigel commented
Add voice command to confirm previously reported road issues (eg. hazards, police) are still there (instead of having to tap the screen thumbs up/down).
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JJ commented
Create a way to verbally make reports/or "still there/not there" reports, or verbally ask it to repeat the next direction. Totally hands free using Google, Bixby, Siri or whatever your phone uses. For example make it possible to say "hey Google, report on waze hazard on shoulder, then waze can either go through the list of hazards or just ask what kind and we say car stopped. Or even for us who use waze a lot, we basically know what the options are so allow us to say "hey Google/Siri (whatever), report on waze an object on roadway", hey Siri, report on waze moderate traffic" etc. Having the ability to do it verbally would be so safe in most if not all situations.
Or make a waze version like hey siri/google etc, that is used in the app only where you can say "hey waze, report police hidden".
Also, would be a great addition when you hear a report like "police reported ahead" where you can say" hey waze, still there, or not there" after the report prompt times out of distance.
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Nuc Guy commented
O.K. google should accept response to WAZE question about something still there. I cannot take eyes off road to tap the response WAZE wants.
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wazzee2eazy commented
I would like to suggest some changes which will help to improve the accuracy of reports of police activity/presence, adding the option of notifying users which lane/side of the road is being affected when submitting reports and lastly reports should be able to be edited and submitted hands free. I feel that the implementation of these few changes would help to increase driver safety while also reducing the amount of false/inaccurate reports being submitted to Waze users.
Implementing the option to notify users as to which lane/side of the road or even if both sides are affected when editing or submitting a report regardless of which side of the road you are travelling on. Being able to edit or report information on the opposite side of the road would be very beneficial in making sure that the information is still relevant or if it needs to be updated, which would be a significant advantage to users in rural areas that don’t have as many active users as metro areas.
When reporting police there needs more detailed options available to choose from when submitting the report such as:
- Driving (which side of the road or travelling in which direction)
- Radar
- Mobile Speed Camera/Speed Traps
- Unmarked Car (hidden/visible/driving)
- RBT (random breath test only)
- RBT/MDT (random breath test and mobile drug test)Adding more options would help to accurately report police activity while reduce any confusion around if they are actually still there or if the report was just because they were seen driving past. Although if having more detailed reporting options isn’t possible then another alternative that would help to improve the accuracy would be to allow users to add a comment, which would help to inform users of the type of police movement.
Mobile Phone Detection Cameras are now active in NSW so it would be great to have the option of being able to submit reports verbally instead.
For Example:
Waze > Report > Police > Driving > Opposite Side of the RoadEnabling verbal commands would help to keep Wazers safe while still being to use the apps features which unless you are a passenger you wouldn’t be able to report, like or clear any reports without putting yourself, passengers and other road users at risk along with the risk of getting a fine
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Anonymous commented
Why have only 2 of the 3 options available hands-free?
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Big G commented
It's against the law to use the app in the UK while moving; and often road issues require additional concentration.
But it's also important to log issues accurately, so it would be great to pull up and direct the reports function verbally. -
Chris Compo commented
We need to be able to say OK Waze report, or whatever.
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Anonymous commented
Once you have passed an user report, you can press on the thanks or negative (not there anymore) button however, the button is small and I don't like the idea of pressing on the screen.
Since you have hand gestures using the camera, would you be able to just see if I do a thumbs up or thumbs down? Would be much easier!
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Ka T commented
Some times, I have gloves on and I can't report things. Other times, it takes a long time to navigate through the reporting steps. If we could have voice recognition to report thing would be easier, faster and SAFER.
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gg commented
I totally agree. When driving past a hazard the "thumbs up" and "not there" buttons are available on my phone screen. Rather than trying to hit a small touchscreen button while concentrating on the road at the same time, the ability to activate voice commands and simply say "not there" would be SO much better!!! The voice reporting ability is excellent but it really bugs me that I can't report a hazard has gone with just my voice as well.
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Parnikkapore commented
Mentioned once on https://youtu.be/wXHsRdtBqho but NOW MISSING ON IOS
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Jeff Richardson commented
That's already added in waze
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SusanZ commented
Make it easier to report police, vehicle stopped, construction, etc. Can I help you comes on when I put phone in holder but I can NEVER give help while driving. Maybe some sort of voice activated command would work.