There’s a lot going on with Waze at the moment. Let me give you a quick overview. First, the Waze app has been redesigned over the last little while. Major changes include:
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The Speed Limit feature helps you avoid tickets and drive safer by letting you know when you’re going over the legal limit.
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With the Planned Drives feature, there’s no more stressing about when to leave the house or office. Simply enter the time and date you need to arrive and Waze will recommend the best time to head out the door.
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Waze introduced Waze Child Reminder alerts as an added safety feature. After navigating to any destination, this customizable, opt-in alert appears at the end of your ride and reminds you to check your car before you leave the car.
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Waze has recently introduced a “where to park” feature, which suggests parking lots closest to a destination and allows users to navigate there directly. Additionally, if a user doesn’t select a parking lot prior to arrival, Waze will give the option to select and navigate to one when approaching a final destination.
Next up is the Waze Connected Citizens Program which is a free, two-way data exchange empowering municipalities to harness real time insights to improve congestion and make better informed planning decisions. Waze has signed up the city of Montreal as partner, and there are more Canadian partners coming. You can find out more at WAZE.COM/CCP.
The Waze Global Event Partner Program helps stadiums, marathons and event organizers worldwide outsmart event-related traffic and better communicate road information with its attendees and broader community. Recently, the Vancouver Rock ‘n Roll Marathon became the first Canadian event to be part of the program.
Another development for Waze is Waze Beacons. This is the first scalable, affordable solution to power seamless navigation underground. You can find Waze beacons in Paris, Pittsburgh, Rio de Janeiro, Carmel with more cities to come. One thing to note is that this is an open platform that anyone can use.
Finally, in case you have wondered how good or bad traffic is wherever you live, there’s the Waze Driver Satisfaction Index. Here’s where Canada stacks up:
- Canada: 16 out of 38 countries
- Montreal: 84 out of 186 locations
- Vancouver: 103 out of 186 locations
- Toronto: 116 out of 186 locations
Seeing as I live in Toronto, it is not surprising that Toronto has the worst traffic in Canada.
Here’s a quick list of what is coming next from Waze:
- Connected Citizens Program Announcements
- Winter Driving Tips & How Waze Helps in a Crisis (Blizzard)
- Christmas Driving Insights
- New Year’s Driving Insights
- New Features & Program Announcements
Stay tuned for what’s coming next from Waze.
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What’s New With Waze
There’s a lot going on with Waze at the moment. Let me give you a quick overview. First, the Waze app has been redesigned over the last little while. Major changes include:
The Speed Limit feature helps you avoid tickets and drive safer by letting you know when you’re going over the legal limit.
With the Planned Drives feature, there’s no more stressing about when to leave the house or office. Simply enter the time and date you need to arrive and Waze will recommend the best time to head out the door.
Waze introduced Waze Child Reminder alerts as an added safety feature. After navigating to any destination, this customizable, opt-in alert appears at the end of your ride and reminds you to check your car before you leave the car.
Waze has recently introduced a “where to park” feature, which suggests parking lots closest to a destination and allows users to navigate there directly. Additionally, if a user doesn’t select a parking lot prior to arrival, Waze will give the option to select and navigate to one when approaching a final destination.
Next up is the Waze Connected Citizens Program which is a free, two-way data exchange empowering municipalities to harness real time insights to improve congestion and make better informed planning decisions. Waze has signed up the city of Montreal as partner, and there are more Canadian partners coming. You can find out more at WAZE.COM/CCP.
The Waze Global Event Partner Program helps stadiums, marathons and event organizers worldwide outsmart event-related traffic and better communicate road information with its attendees and broader community. Recently, the Vancouver Rock ‘n Roll Marathon became the first Canadian event to be part of the program.
Another development for Waze is Waze Beacons. This is the first scalable, affordable solution to power seamless navigation underground. You can find Waze beacons in Paris, Pittsburgh, Rio de Janeiro, Carmel with more cities to come. One thing to note is that this is an open platform that anyone can use.
Finally, in case you have wondered how good or bad traffic is wherever you live, there’s the Waze Driver Satisfaction Index. Here’s where Canada stacks up:
Seeing as I live in Toronto, it is not surprising that Toronto has the worst traffic in Canada.
Here’s a quick list of what is coming next from Waze:
Stay tuned for what’s coming next from Waze.
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