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-->Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone. It has the following features:
-->Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone and provides the following features:
* Spoken turn-by-turn directions
* Spoken turn-by-turn directions
* Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech) {{ref label|a|a}}
* Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech)
* Real time traffic reports
* Real-time traffic reports
* Real time Gas Prices {{ref label|b|b}}
* Real-time Gas Prices {{ref label|a|a}}
* Toll road avoidance {{ref label|b|b}}
* Toll road avoidance {{ref label|a|a}}
* Free regular updates to the map that [[improve and edit the maps| you can help make]] are installed automatically
* Free regular updates to the map that [[improve and edit the maps| you can help make]] are installed automatically
* Search for destinations how you like: entire address at once, category, place name, landmark or use the addresses from your contacts
* Search for destinations how you like: entire address at once, category, place name, landmark or use the addresses from your contacts
* Integrated destination search: Google, Foursquare, Bing
* Integrated destination search with a massive country-wide database and Google
* Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
* Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
* Support for multiple [[Countries and Languages| languages]]  
* Support for multiple [[Countries and Languages| languages]]  
* Gaming elements for fun and integrated [[social networking]]
* Gaming elements for fun and integrated [[social networking]]<!-- Requested a volunteer to develop this page https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1636&t=226329-->


<small>{{note|a|a}} BETA: in selected countries<br/>
<small>{{note|a|a}} Accuracy dependent on user contributions</small>
{{note|b|b}} Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependent on user contribution</small>




Read more about the amazing way Waze gets better when you [[Main/Drive with Waze on|just drive around with Waze turned on]].
Read more about the amazing way Waze gets better when you [[just drive around with Waze turned on]]
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Revision as of 08:57, 8 May 2017

Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone and provides the following features:

  • Spoken turn-by-turn directions
  • Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech)
  • Real-time traffic reports
  • Real-time Gas Prices [a]
  • Toll road avoidance [a]
  • Free regular updates to the map that you can help make are installed automatically
  • Search for destinations how you like: entire address at once, category, place name, landmark or use the addresses from your contacts
  • Integrated destination search with a massive country-wide database and Google
  • Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Gaming elements for fun and integrated social networking

^a Accuracy dependent on user contributions


Read more about the amazing way Waze gets better when you just drive around with Waze turned on