Enable audio alert for speed cams regardless of the speed.
Waze currently only triggers audio alerts about speed cams when the driver is above the speed limit of the specific cam.
Since the speed detection on Waze is very flawed (at least here in Brazil/Rio de Janeiro), and not all cams have their speed limit properly set, it would be MUCH better if Waze triggered it's audible alert for speed cams independently of the fact that the driver may be above or below the limit of the cam.
Thank you.
And keep up the good work!
Great news! The audio alert for speed camera regardless of the speed is now available in Waze. Install the latest app version to check it out.
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Carlos Pastor Rodríguez commented
Durante la navegación en ruta, no avisa de los radares mediante voz, se limita a hacerlo de forma visual y siempre tienes que estar mirando la pantalla. Solo avisa por voz cuando rebasas el límite. Estaría bien que avisara por voz en todo momento
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Mister B commented
Please add voice alerts for camers. For example if there is a speed camera the voice alert should say
approching speed camera 30mph zone. And repeat twice
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Albert commented
The camera alerts on carplay only works when you are over the speed limit. Please make the alert regardless of speed! Sometimes your speed increases after the camera meter countdown popup and you start to increase without knowing there is a camera.
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Newman
commented
Sad News they took it away. So it is in fact not available
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Bruno Cotrim commented
I second this request, speed cameras sound alerts is why I use waze over google maps, without it it provides little value to me.
It's also forcing me to be looking at the map way more often, making my driving dangerous.
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cb bronze commented
Currently there is no speed camera alert if you are driving below the speed limit. Add an option to warn us at all times, even if we are not speeding.
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Maral12
commented
True!
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Sergiusz M commented
Currently when you are driving within the limits you are not getting and audio alert when approaching a speed camera. It can frequently happen that one accelerates at the same time and is not getting notified on the camera.
It would be great to give us a choice over this setting and add an option for the users to either force audio alerts "always" or only when the speed is exceeded.
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Elliot K commented
Thanks for your comment about this Glodenox.
It'd be helpful if Ella or another Admin could update the community as to why it was available then not, and if it will return one day ... permanently.
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Glodenox (Global Champ)
commented
I seem to remember it was very briefly added in a beta version, but was removed again afterwards for some reason. Some countries have now decided that people should always get an alert for a speed camera (usually countries with not too many such cameras), while others have kept the alert configuration the same for their country (only add an audio alert when speeding).
This evidently should just be a user setting, and I also don't consider this idea as "now available".
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Elliot K commented
This was supposedly an added feature back around Feb 2023. It's Jan 2025 and I can't see how to set this in either Android or IOS, and neither seem to always sound alerts for speed cameras. All handsets are set the same ...
Settings/Speedometer
Show on map ON
Show speed limit ALWAYS
Speeding threshold 10km/h above or 10% above (user dependent)
Alert when speeding ONSettings/Alerts & Reports/Cameras "Show on map, Alert when driving"
IOS v5.2.0.1, Android v5.2.0.3
What am I missing?
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Gregory
commented
Activeer een stemgeluid voor alle flitspalen ongeacht de gereden snelheid. Momenteel is dit actief enkel indien snelheidslimiet is overschreden. Ik zou een auditieve melding willen ontvangen bij elke flitspaal ik tegenkom. Ik wil mijn ogen op de baan houden, dus een visuele melding is onvoldoende
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WazeSuggest commented
Currently, speed camera voice alerts only sound if you are exceeding the speed limit. It should be possible to configure an optional setting where the speed camera alert always sounds, regardless of whether you are above or below the speed limit. This is because you might be driving below the speed limit just before passing the camera, so the alert doesn’t sound, and you’re unaware of its presence. If you then accelerate and pass the camera, you could exceed the speed limit. For this reason, I believe there should be an option to always enable the alert.
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Carles Domenech commented
Now I use another app in the background just to have this option. I think it is very important to implement this option.
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J E commented
A setting for an audible speed camera alert regardless of driver's speed.
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Lewis Waters commented
Currently, Waze only alerts of a speed camera when you are exceeding the limit. It would be more ideal to have audio alerts always for reassurance, even when below the speed threshold. Waze doesn’t always capture the correct road speed anyway, so a constant audio alert would be more ideal and is in fair demand from users.
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Joe Ulyett commented
Please do this Waze!
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黄承志 commented
yes, in the uk there are a lot of variable speed limits. The speed limit changes many times during a day. But waze only report voice speed camera while doing over 70 which is the default speed linit.
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Roger Coward
commented
I may pass the point at which Waze measures my speed, then having missed the map alert inadvertently increase speed before the camera.
A speed camera alert is more important than a pot hole for example? -
Daniel Phillips
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Try setting your "Speeding threshold" setting to "At speed limit" rather than any of the other values. That seems to help the sensitivity.