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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Mike Yannacone commented
Hello! Please allow map editors to access features in Android Auto. It's counterintuitive to have to disconnect while on the road to make changes or temporary updates.
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Lourdes commented
Please include this. It makes no sense that we're hands free and then can't do this without unplugging the phone and using our hands, putting us in a dangerous situation
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Lachie B commented
1. Be able to Report a road closure in Android Auto.
2. Be able to report a road closure further away from the current GPS position.I.e If I see a road closure, I drive past it, stop on the side of the road and use my phone to report it in Waze (Yes I really stop my car to do this).
But since I've driven past it, I can't select further away on the map to enter the closure.I don't care if some celebrity can narrate my trip (I've never used voice navigation on ANY map platform), I care if road are CLOSED.
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Kris O commented
Need this in Android Auto. Because it's not, I had no choice but to inconvenience a Waze Editor trying to report a closed road due to weather conditions.
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Maria Irimie commented
hey this is ridiculous to not be imminently planned? android auto/car play goes up in usage every year and less and less people use the native app which means road closures are not getting reported almost at all anymore?? i. keep getting routed into. closures and the best i can do is say one lane is closed. Instead i have to report "no road". This seems pretty huge a feature to be missing
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Meg A Watt commented
I don't care if Kevin Hart can narrate my trip. I care if roads I'm trying to drive are closed.
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Benny Kaye commented
If you can't have this feature because of 3rd party nonsense, at least produce a separate app or widget to simplify reporting road closures.
Why should technology go backwards?
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Josh Turley commented
Because you can't report closures in Android Auto, Waze routinely routes me into a closure. It's happened twice in the past week, forcing me to turn around, and find a much longer route.
Google Maps doesn't have this restriction, and so I've had to switch to using that inferior UI if I need directions. Which is maybe what the overlords of Google are hoping for anyways after acquiring Waze.
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Mael Strom commented
The fact that this is "currently not planned" for a rather critical feature of the app is concerning to say the least. It can be as simple as clicking a closure button that then adds the closure to the upcoming node in the drive without additional user input to keep them focused on the road. I get that Android Auto nerfs the full features of Waze, but this is kind of a big deal that impedes the ability to navigate around such critical obstacles.
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jet townsend commented
Here's another problem. If I'm using Android Auto I can't switch to my Pixel and report this. I have to disconnect, relaunch Waze on my phone, start a new trip, then report the closure.
How is this a good user experience? How does driving around in circles because I can't show a road as temporarily closed/blocked useful or safe?
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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.