Drive around with Waze
The easiest way to improve Waze is to drive around with the application running. Whenever you move through traffic without being navigated, turn on the Waze app!
You don't have to do anything. Waze uses the information it receives from you to calculate average speeds for the streets you drive on. It also shapes the appearance of the streets, and Waze learns the directions of the streets and the turns that exist in reality.
However, in order for Waze to automatically update the map, it would take a lot of routes traveled. The more you drive your routes with Waze, the sooner the map will adapt to your routes.
- If you later use Waze for your journey, you will benefit from better routes because Waze uses your collected data for it.
- You don't have to take detours or arrange special trips. Waze will work best on your normal commuter routes.
- With Waze you will automatically receive free road reports in real time. There may be traffic jams, traffic restrictions or other dangers that make it easier for you to choose your route safely.
- If you drive in an area where there are no roads yet, you can record new ones through your Waze app.
Encourage others to use Waze
- The more Wazers there are, the better Waze works.
- Encourage your friends, family, or work colleagues to use Waze.
- Write a review in the iTunes App Store or Google Play.
- Users Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare with Waze.
- Promote Waze wherever you feel appropriate.
Improve and edit the map
- The power of Waze is in your hands. You can fix bugs, edit the map and improve roads. Many wazers enjoy editing the map.
- If you want to do more than just edit the map, become an area manager. This gives you more rights in the Waze map editor for the area you want to oversee.
- Country-specific information can be found in the wiki on the page for your country. The country pages also contain important information on how to correctly name streets and places.
Use your language skills
- Waze engages and supports many different countries and languages around the world, but that also depends on your help.
- The Waze application uses 1000+ words or phrases, all of which need to be translated into different languages. Some are completely translated, some only halfway, or some have not yet been translated. If you speak more than one language, you can also help with the translation. It is enough if you contribute a few sentences, you don't have to do everything on your own!
- The wiki is visited by many people from all over the world who speak many languages. You may also want to help with the wiki translation for other countries.
Help others and support the Waze community
- Join one or more Waze commuter groups.
- Other users are always looking for solutions to problems or have questions in the discussion forum. Perhaps you will take on a role as a community leader and help others when questions arise. Visit the forum and share your experiences and knowledge with others. You can also benefit from the experiences of other users.
Make suggestions to make Waze better
There is the Uservoice website where you can make suggestions on how to improve the app and Waze in general. The community votes on proposals, and what gets the most votes is of course also checked by the Waze staff. Please make sure beforehand that your topic has not already been suggested.
- How we can improve the Waze app
Update the Waze app
- The source code of the app is freely available and available here. Can you improve it? Send your ideas to Waze and maybe your code will be implemented.
- If you want to discuss your changes with Waze beforehand, send a [mailto: support@waze.com Mail] to the Waze staff before making any major changes.
