I second this!

I have a AMOLED screen and it burns the waze logos in because I have it open almost ever
(feel grateful :) )
And an "ALWAYS ON" function would really help!

ajouté un moyen d'activé l'économiseur de batterie tous le temps

Bonjour , dernièrement une fenêtre a été ouverte dans mon iPhone afin dévaluer votre GPS waze , malheureusement je pouvais pas faire des remarques a ce moment , néanmoins je me permets de vous en faire une par le biais de mon pc , effectivement en suivant mon trajet quotidien et pour économiser la batterie je suis a chaque fois obligé d'activer le bouton d'économie de batterie nommé : “ activer pour ce trajet “ et à force de faire ça entre 4 et 6 fois par jour ça devient pénible !! pouvez vous ajouter une mention pour garder ce bouton activé en permanence tout en laissant bien sur la possibilité de le désactiver pour les utilisateurs qui le souhaitent . Ma deuxième remarque c'est que une fois activé ; ce bouton après un moment de trajet constant l’écran passe en mode d’économie de batterie mais une fois qu’il y a un changement dans le trajet celui ci s'allume sans émettre un BIP sonore particulier ce qui nous pousse à ne pas faire attention surtout quand l’écran est trop éclairé par le soleil , donc un bip sonore particulier sera le bienvenu lors de changement de régime d’économie de batterie ce qui nous permettra de faire plus attention aux évènements soudain ; Merci
De Monsieur BENSLIMANE KHALID utilisateur de Waze mon mai ; BENSLIMANE_KHALID@YAHOO.FR

Have option to turn on energy save permanently, would help on frequent long drives and would also attract more attention to events as screen lights up from dim to normal brightness.

As default, the screen goes to sleep while Waze client is running. In this status we cannot receive visual navigation info, warnings, etc. To avoid this I guess most of the users switch on "Prevent Auto-Lock" function (iPhone). This is a great stuff, but drains battery without charger and/or kills battery in 1-1,5 years with charger, since it's plugged in all the time.
My idea is to have an other option besides "Prevent Auto-Lock", as an "Auto-Lock with Visuals" or something for instance, which lets the screen go to sleep, but before any navigation instruction, any pre-set traffic warnings (police, any danger on road, etc.) the screen swithes back for a short time, which also could be pre-set by users (5-10-30 sec). Maybe it could be synchrinized with navi sounds.

I have an iPhone and a broken car power socket. Even if waze or running in background it takes loads of power. A simple processor halt for that app would help maybe a play/payees button that actually halts processor requirement.

I've noticed this to on a 5800 !
Consumption is very excessive and my car charger is not strong enough to compensate !!

How do you do the above on an android pho?

I love Waze, but I can't afford to use the battery required to run it on my daily commute (25-30% of battery life each way).

I suggest you make a "low battery" mode that uses the GPS less (like once every 10 min) or only as key turns are coming up. For example if I have 30 miles to go on a segment you could assume I'm staying on course until I get the the turn. If I get lost or there's traffic I could switch back to "active" mode.

If this was available I'd use Waze everyday vs a couple times a month.

Hi,

When I turn on my Waze and doing things that are nothing to do with navigation and since Waze app is actively looking out or using navigation which is what is draining my battery pretty fast.

So my question to you is can you provide a switch or an option where Navigation will look out when I click cross-hair icon while not moving or something better to safe my battery.

Thank you,

Ravi.

Using waze while walking contributes bad data. The bad usability on your phone is twofold: Battery capacity and gps/3g/gprs chip power usage. If you have a phone with a lower battery capacity and a power hungry radio you can bet using it all drains your battery quickly. Also, wrongly using your battery can drastically decrease it's capacity. This cannot be solved in software, as it is a hardware issue inherent in your phone.

The fact that your phone gets hot is a obvious sign your battery gets drained fast or your chip is working at peak capacity.

Most waze users use either a more powerful phone which has a better battery, or use a car dock with charger.

Since I don't have a car, I usually walk or take a bus when using waze(So I can't charge the battery while using Waze). It looks like waze consumes too much power. I have nokia n5800. I used the phone with waze turned on, and about a 30 to 50min of using waze consumed more than half of the battery life. Backside of the phone was scorching. Waze should find a way to optimize the client with respect to Drawing screen/Frequency(method) of internet access/GPS usage.

Also, when I put the client background using menu button of the phone in order to make a call or send a message, Waze stops recording a new road. When I come back to Waze, the map shows "I didn't work while you're making a call" with discontinued road record, it continues to record a new road. Same is true when I turn off the screen with side-lock slide. First I though "OK, in this way, I can save the battery life". But of no luck. It just stops recording the new road even it was running foreground.

I planned to use Waze while I take a cross country bus, but with this battery consuming rate and inability to record in background of the system, My plan would be just a dream. I hope Waze be more optimized and convenient to use.