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[[Getting Started|Get started]] using Waze: a [[How to get the free Waze client|free navigation app]] for your [[Client device|GPS equipped smartphone]]
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* spoken turn-by-turn directions in a growing range of languages
* [[improve and edit the maps|free map updates you can help make]] and real-time traffic reports
* destination search by road and place names, landmarks and Google Local Search
* for [[Countries and Languages|every country and a growing number of languages]]
* gaming elements for fun and integrated [[social networking]]


Read about the amazing way Waze gets better when you [[just drive around with Waze turned on]]
-->Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone. It has the following features:
* Spoken turn-by-turn directions
* Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech) {{ref label|a|a}}
* Real time traffic reports
* Real time Gas Prices {{ref label|b|b}}
* Toll road avoidance {{ref label|b|b}}
* 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
* Integrated destination search: Google, Foursquare, Bing
* Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
* Support for multiple [[Countries and Languages| languages]]
* Gaming elements for fun and integrated [[social networking]]
 
<small>{{note|a|a}} BETA: in selected countries<br/>
{{note|b|b}} Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependent on user contribution</small>
 
 
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Latest revision as of 07:58, 21 April 2015

Waze is a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone. It has the following features:

  • Spoken turn-by-turn directions
  • Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech) [a]
  • Real time traffic reports
  • Real time Gas Prices [b]
  • Toll road avoidance [b]
  • 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: Google, Foursquare, Bing
  • Support for apps to insert destinations into Waze, such as Localscope
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Gaming elements for fun and integrated social networking

^a BETA: in selected countries
^b Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependent on user contribution


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