Overview
- Waze announced on Monday that personalized navigation and a new “less chatty” voice mode are rolling out globally on Android and iOS to suggest routes based on users’ past trips and reduce noncritical voice prompts.
- Conversational Reporting has been expanded so users can report permanent map problems by voice and have those suggestions routed to local Waze map editors for verification before any map change is made.
- A dedicated Motorcycle mode that flags rider hazards like potholes, speed bumps, raised crosswalks and narrow bridges and uses two-wheeler shortcuts is launching now in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines.
- Gemini-powered natural‑language destination search is available to Waze beta testers on Android and iOS, letting users ask for places by criteria such as ‘open now’ or ‘lowest gas price’ and receive a selectable list.
- The update blends Google’s Gemini AI with Waze’s crowdsourced editing model, preserves user controls to turn off personalization, and signals how mapping apps are adding conversational, hands‑free tools while keeping human review for accuracy.