Currently, when Waze shows an alternative route, the interface tells me how much faster or slower the alternative route is compared to my current route.

For example:

“4 min faster”

I think it would be very useful to also show the difference in distance.

For example:

4 min faster
+20 km

This would give users a much better understanding of the trade-off between time and distance.

Imagine there is a traffic jam ahead. Waze may suggest an alternative route that is currently 4 minutes faster because it avoids the traffic, but that route could require driving 20 additional kilometers.

As a driver, I may decide that saving 4 minutes is not worth driving 20 km more, because of the additional fuel consumption, vehicle wear, or simply because I prefer to stay on my current route and wait for the traffic to clear.

On the other hand, if the alternative route is 4 minutes faster and only adds 1–2 km, I might choose it immediately.

Waze already calculates the distance of each route, so showing the difference would provide useful additional information without changing the existing routing algorithm.

I believe the UI could simply display:

4 min faster
+20 km

Or:

4 min slower
−15 km

This would allow drivers to make a more informed decision based on both time and distance, rather than time alone.

Quando aparece uma rota aleatória não deve aparecer somente tempo parecido. Deveria aparecer quantos quilômetros e quantos minutos de diferença da rota em que já estamos

Cuando Waze indica una ruta alternativa diciendo "hora de llegada similar " podría además indicar la distancia en kilómetros

When driving en route, if there is an alternative route waze displays on the map a tab, showing a slow slower route by how many minutes, what would be great to add to this feature would be the mileage, so we can compare without having to use the alternative route icon and then scrolling down to look, so if we can save 6 miles with a 10 minute slower route it may be an option some people might take as an example. This also stops the distraction of taking your eyes off the road and hands off the steering wheel to scroll through the options. This has to be a better way than going through the alternative icon.

Using a vintage car for long journeys it is important to try to get an idea of the distance and time the journey suggested will take. Time will be up to the driver to assess.

Often the route suggested is quite different to the route one has historically made it would be good to have an idea of the distance of the Waze route especially on long ones .