Add closure report to Android Auto
There does not appear to be a way to report a temporary closure of a road due to an accident, etc. from within the Waze Android Auto interface. Please consider adding this feature.
Hey,
Please note we're changing the status of this suggestion to Currently Not Planned since we finalized our plans for 2024 and this idea won't be implemented this year.
We hope to include it in our plans for later down the line.
Thanks!
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Thomas Yingling commented
Please add the road closure option to Android Auto. I had 20 cars behind me by the time I could turn around. Problem was downed tree and power lines due to a hurricane. Not everyone will be using Waze but it would make them more likely to use it.
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TheTravelingJam commented
A Must Have!!!! Almost everyone uses waze on android auto, all features need to be integrated NOW
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Tim King commented
The dumbing down of the Waze Android Auto interface continues and is close to making the app useless. The entire point of the app is to make driving directions simple and accurate. Not being able to relay important information in real-time such as the closure of a major interstate ramp is just plain stupid. If I am supposed to be able to support this community by relaying accurate information to drivers coming along behind me how do recent changes accomplish this?
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Brandon Lessner commented
I don't use my phone when I'm driving, however I have an android auto capable head unit. Without this feature, I'm pushing buttons unnecessarily to search for how to report a closure which I could do previously on my phone. Since I'd prefer using android auto, as its safer, this would allow correct reporting.
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Rick Teeter commented
Please add the feature to report a road closure on the Android Auto version
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Thomas Mulder commented
@Ella "NOT RIGHT NOW"? really? There is no option to reroute and ignore a road on android auto, so Waze often tries to send you to the same road closure again and again. Which can sometimes be difficult to get around if you're not familiar with the area.
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Celia Grant commented
This is necessary for waze to provide safe routes!!
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Joe Beauchamp commented
Waze person sent me here to vote on this. I went through the crazy stuff to set up your separate account for this and find that vote button does nothing? Glad it's Friday..
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Joe Beauchamp commented
Although I have an old car and couldn't use this, I agree. Also, waze KNOWS what road it told me to take. Why do I have to figure out while trying to get out of a mess with cars behind me what all these arrows mean? Why doesn't waze just ask me to confirm that, yes, road X is closed, get me out of here?
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Andy Horak commented
Having a road closure option on Android auto would help out drastically. Grabbing your phone and opening it and disconnecting android auto takes too much attention from driving and too much time.
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Giorgio Carlino commented
good morning, in the android auto options I would insert the "road closed" reporting function.
It would be very nice to be able to configure the options to be displayed on Android Auto independently in order to make the most used ones available. Thank you -
Bill commented
I agree with everything the original poster has said. Users have been asking for this on several other posts for many years, but Waze doesn't seem to show any interest in doing anything about it. Android Auto and CarPlay are probably responsible for this. However, surely during all this time Waze could have come up with a workable alternative option. As an alternative for example, adding a detour feature in situations like this to reroute drivers around a closure or obstruction. Garmin and TomTom Sat Navs have these features and they work very well, so why not Waze? Consequently, this would not involve reporting a 'Road Closure' which is what Android Auto and CarPlay appear not to want to introduce for some reason.
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Bill commented
It would appear that it is Android Auto who for some reason will not allow the 'Road Blocked' feature to be used. If this is the case, then as a workaround, give us the option to either make a detour from that point of the planned route or give us the option to choose a particular road that we want to avoid (the blocked road). We don’t have to report it as being blocked. It’s just telling Waze and Android Auto that we don’t want to use that particular road. I can't understand why, after over 6 years since the original post, no one at Waze has been able to come up with a solution to this.
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Gerardo Silva commented
Allow us to report road closures when using Android Auto or Carplay
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Didier Loiseau commented
This is crazy! More and more people are using android auto, and it's becoming obvious that people are not reporting road closures any more.
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umopapisdn commented
@Ella if you're not going to add this, please explain why.
as a map editor, i find myself making excuses for your lack of this feature at least once a week. i'm sick of answering this question in URs!
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Amelia Martin commented
I can't believe this still hasn't been remedied. Please add this feature! Not having it on Android Auto just encourages users to use their phone instead.
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Chris Evans commented
Please add this feature
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Forrest Walsh commented
Ditto:
Alejandro Mery commented · May 26, 2024 1:33 AM · Report
This functionality is essential otherwise you keep getting routed back to a temporarily closed road leading to confusion and high risk of accidents -
Alejandro Mery commented
This functionality is essential otherwise you keep getting routed back to a temporarily closed road leading to confusion and high risk of accidents