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1824 results found

  1. Assigning a custom voice to alerts

    Could it be possible to assign a custom voice to an alert? E.g. to assign a short police car siren to a police alert, or to upload another own voice to a another alert?
    Thanks for considering that option.

    6 votes

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  2. Increase the size of time to go and distance to go at bottom of screen when on a route

    When traveling on a route, it would be helpful to have the time to go and distance to go that is at the bottom of the screen in a larger, more easily visible format.

    1 vote

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  3. Warning distances able to adjust

    I would like to have the option to adjust de distance for warnings of police,speed camaras..etc.
    The standar setting is 500m before the point.
    I would like to have the option to increase the distance from 500m to 1000m for example.

    2 votes

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  4. Rest Stop information

    Could you either add rest stops, or allow us to report rest stops, as well as distance to the next one as reported/displayed?

    527 votes

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  5. Color code car icon by distance

    When Waze zooms in & out, the car icon stays the same size. Why not color code the car icon, green for when you are far away, yellow when you are close & need to change lanes for a turn/exit, red when you are within a quarter mile.

    3 votes

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  6. Photo Radar Camera Alerts for Toronto (GTA)

    Toronto, Canada will be implementing speed photo radar in many area in approx. one month. Please consider adding an Alert feature, just like the red light cameras, into the Waze app.

    Thx..

    12 votes

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  7. Enable to alert for emergency vehicles that are on the way and announce this for Waze users who are further along the way.

    Enable to alert for emergency vehicles that are on the way and announce this for Waze users who are further along the way.

    3 votes

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  8. When there is a police ahead alert a sirin sound option would be neat and a blue strobe light to get your attention option

    When there is a police ahead alert a sirin sound option would be neat and a blue strobe light to get your attention option

    2 votes

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  9. Shorter Alert Sounds

    I often listen to podcasts while driving but get frustrated when the Waze alerts are long and tend to block the audio of the podcasts. Could we get a custom voice that says simply "Traffic" instead of "Heavy Traffic Reported Ahead", etc.

    3 votes

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  10. Traffic jam Estimated time

    "Estimated TIME in Traffic Jam NN-minutes" message should be extended with jam distance, like "Estimated TIME in Traffic Jam 10 minutes in 3 kilometers"

    86 votes

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  11. Speed alert for 2 mph over limit

    Currently, you can select an alert if you are going above the speed limit (at all) or 5 mph over the limit.

    I would like to suggest 2 mph.

    5 mph is too much because by then, a cop will almost surely give a ticket without mercy. 5 mph over the limit is usually the informal grace limit.

    But an alert for any mph over the limit is too sensitive. Even on cruise control, my car sometimes exceeds the limit by a fraction of a mph when I begin to go downhill. It takes a second for the cruise control…

    1 vote

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  12. Police Alert for Drivers Going Opposite Direction

    When reporting a police presence in Waze there is an option for "Other Side". It would be a nice addition to provide an audible alert for drivers going that opposite direction, instead of merely showing it on the map. I sometime see a police car sitting high up on an entrance ramp checking speeds of traffic going the opposite direction that is mostly hidden to them. I would like to warn drivers going that way of its presence.

    2 votes

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  13. Allow User to Disable Alert for Roadworks

    There is currently only an option to "Show on Map" for roadworks.
    This also generates the full visual and audio alert which comes on top of everything else.
    The only way to stop it is to disable roadworks altogether.
    Please add option to choose to have the roadworks on the map, but to not be alerted

    1 vote

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  14. List search results by shortest time to arrive, not distance or location

    right now if i search for a chain store (like starbucks) I get a list of locations. what i really need to know is which location will take me the least time to reach.

    11 votes

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  15. Make the audiable alert of police and mobile speed camera 0.5 miles instead of 0.2

    Make the audiable alert of police and mobile speed camera 0.5 miles instead of 0.2

    2 votes

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  16. Exhaust Camera Alert

    Same idea as speed camera alerts but for exhaust cameras

    2 votes

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  17. Speed limit change audible alert for 5mph increments

    I know a voice alert was added around 2024 for larger speed changes, but many roads especially state and county routes can vary widely and often going from 55 to 25 very quickly and then bumping slowly as you exit a town from 25 to 35 to 45 to 55. To avoid speed traps on entering a town a voice alert would be great for when the speed limits change by increments of 5 mph. Small town love to catch non-locals for speeding!!!

    1 vote

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  18. "alerts only" mode should include rerouting notifications

    Currently, there are 3 sound modes, which is great. "On", "Off" and "Alerts Only". I use "On", when I've never been there before and "Alerts Only" during my daily commute. I love the Alerts Only mode for a daily commute. Problem is, sometimes Waze sees an issue ahead during my commute and only makes a screen notification. I'd really want to be alerted about that.

    So I'd like "Alerts Only" to consider a rerouting notification as an alert and not 'normal' navigation instructions.

    37 votes

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  20. Cancel, or mute an alert.

    Is there any way to shut off the alert, "Watch out!, vehicle parked on shoulder ahead"? Or at least mute the audio portion? It is quite loud and annoying!

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