Waze on iOS Kills Buggy Google Assistant for 'Conversational Reporting'

[WarmWinterHat]

Users can correct errors in both Google and Apple Maps.

Users can submit errors, but can't correct them. Users can actually edit Waze maps without waiting for the company to respond, or talk directly with local map managers, or become one.

Waze Map Editor

Join the community of map editors to update the Waze map around your home, work and anywhere you drive.

www.waze.com

Still waiting for Apple Maps to respond to an error I submitted in October. A trailhead is shown in the middle of the Ohio river, while it's actually about three miles away, and pretty far inland.

 

[jarman92]

Users can submit errors, but can't correct them. Users can actually edit Waze maps without waiting for the company to respond, or talk directly with local map managers, or become one.

Waze Map Editor

Join the community of map editors to update the Waze map around your home, work and anywhere you drive.

www.waze.com

Still waiting for Apple Maps to respond to an error I submitted in October. A trailhead is shown in the middle of the Ohio river, while it's actually about three miles away, and pretty far inland.

Oh great, just what I want in my mapping application—unapproved edits from random people!

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Oh great, just what I want in my mapping application—unapproved edits from random people!

Your personal edits won't show up for everyone else unless approved by a map manager but will continue to show for you.

The main point is that it is quick. I had an edit validated and approved within hours of submitting.

 

[ifxf]

Google is killing Assistant and replacing it with Gemini, why pretend they are just doing it for Ios Waze app.

 

[Rafagon]

I commend him. A NYC cab driver for 18 years. I want to hear the stories. Lol.

Where was this mentioned?

Also, why is Google spending time and money on both this and also Google Maps?

Better to do a fantastic job on one app then a halfway decent job on two.

 

[H2SO4]

Every time I see this app I'm amazed that anyone uses it...it's sooooooooooo ugly.

It's a nav app that you can have directing you in the background so you don't actually see it while using. Who cares?

 

[Hajj.david]

I use a radar detector, so the police feature is not important any more for me. I use apple maps unless I am in a rental or doing a long road trip. Waze is definitely better than Google maps but the experience is a lot jankier than Apple maps.

 

[H2SO4]

Google and killing something. Name a more iconic duo.

Instead of saying to their subsidiary, "Use this product because it's ours even if it makes performance worse", they've opted to do what works best and the consumer benefits.
Don't care how iconic it may seem to some. Getting me where I want to go and avoiding traffic are the only iconic duo that I really care about.

 

[al256]

Oh great, just what I want in my mapping application—unapproved edits from random people!

I moved from one state where people cared to mark things like road work and closures to other states where people don't. All are urban areas. It's great when people care.

 

[Böhme417]

I use a radar detector, so the police feature is not important any more for me. I use apple maps unless I am in a rental or doing a long road trip. Waze is definitely better than Google maps but the experience is a lot jankier than Apple maps.

How does a radar detector help you when they’re using laser? Also, by the time they can see you and your detector can see them, it’s probably too late. Waze alerts you much further in advance.

 

[one more]

This is a very useful feature and I wish Apple could bring it to Apple Maps. With all the Apple Intelligence stuff being worked on, it should be possible, right Siri?

 

[nfl46]

Where was this mentioned?

Also, why is Google spending time and money on both this and also Google Maps?

Better to do a fantastic job on one app then a halfway decent job on two.

I’m assuming he’s talking about NYC cab driver for 18 years if he knows the city that well.

 

[magicschoolbus]

Google wants to kill Waze so badly and force everyone over to Maps.. Waze forever.

 

[JitteryJimmy]

Waze started to re-route everyone down Ensh!tification Avenue way back in 2012/2013. This is just another detour along that long and bumpy road.

 

[Böhme417]

Google wants to kill Waze so badly and force everyone over to Maps.. Waze forever.

They do seem to be making Waze worse. Routing seems to be less efficient than ever, and they still haven’t brought live activity support to the iPhone.

 

[Dr McKay]

Google wants to kill Waze so badly and force everyone over to Maps.. Waze forever.

Google has no issues killing half their own products if they really wanted to kill Waze what’s stopping them?

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Google has no issues killing half their own products if they really wanted to kill Waze what’s stopping them?

Waze has a pretty dedicated audience and there is little guarantee that they would switch to Google Maps if it was DC'ed.

 

[MNWildFan]

It's a nav app that you can have directing you in the background so you don't actually see it while using. Who cares?

Agreed

Plus, when you're driving along, you shouldn't be fully looking at your phone or infotainment screen (if you have CarPlay) to begin with

If anything, you should either train yourself to see either of those in your peripheral vision while driving or just have it go in the background for the voice prompts

 

[ThatGuyInLa]

Of all of them Waze is still the BEST companion to a radar detector. I have all the map systems I can in CarPlay and Waze is the only truly reliable one for alerts on the map.

 

[steve09090]

Why do people even need speed camera notifications? Thats like having an app showing where a theft detection officer is standing in a store!

Woohoo, I can drive at 70 in a 60 and not get caught! How juvenile.

 

[whatgift]

Every time I see this app I'm amazed that anyone uses it...it's sooooooooooo ugly.

You're right, but it so much more functional and flexible it's worth it, especially since the look of the maps isn't that important for what it does. Also, I like having different icons for my car (currently a dragon ).

 

[cylack]

The only thing I don’t like about Waze is the text on the routing directions is small which makes it hard to read for my aging eyes and Apple Maps has a cleaner look. However, Waze is the GOAT for re-routing and sensing traffic. I will never forget how I was racing to make my flight at LAX driving down from Bakersfield and Waze re-routed me through busy LA traffic on the fly by having me go through random resedential neighborhood streets.

 

[hagjohn]

Every time I see this app I'm amazed that anyone uses it...it's sooooooooooo ugly.

Don't judge a book by its cover. Waze is an amazing app.

 

[HighwaySnowman]

Users can correct errors in both Google and Apple Maps.

No, users can report errors in Google and Apple maps.

Users can CORRECT errors in Waze maps.

I've fixed intersections and added roads to Waze. They go live immediately, not in months.

 

[HighwaySnowman]

I use a radar detector, so the police feature is not important any more for me. I use apple maps unless I am in a rental or doing a long road trip. Waze is definitely better than Google maps but the experience is a lot jankier than Apple maps.

I use a radar detector AND Waze. Neither is perfect, but with the combo I've avoided tickets for years.

Radar detectors are less useful than they used to be with so many cops using lasers now, and laser detection is a lot less useful than radar detection.

Apple maps has never been a good experience for me. Because I can't set a real default mapping app I sometimes end up in it, the last time that happened it was nearly a block off from where I needed to be.