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Waze is a [[How to get the free Waze client|free navigation app]] for your [[Client device|GPS equipped smartphone]]. It has the following features:
[[How to get the free Waze client|Waze]] is a free navigation app for your [[Client device|GPS equipped smartphone]]. It has the following features:
* Spoken turn-by-turn directions
* Spoken turn-by-turn directions
* Real-time traffic reports
* Spoken street names (Text-to-Speech) ^
* Spoken street names "Text to Speech" (BETA: in selected countries)
* Real time traffic reports
* Toll road avoidance (BETA: in selected countries)
* Real time Gas Prices ^^
* Gas Prices that are updated by Wazers in real-time (BETA: in selected countries)
* Toll road avoidance ^^
* [[improve and edit the maps|Free map updates you can help make]]
* Free regular updates to the map that [[improve and edit the maps| you can help make]] are installed automatically
* Search for your destination by complete address (you dont need to enter the suburb first!), place name, landmark, Google Search, Foursquare, Bing or 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
* 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]]
^    BETA: in selected countries
^^  Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependant on user contribution


Read more about the amazing way Waze gets better when you [[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]]

Revision as of 13:29, 24 July 2012

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) ^
  • Real time traffic reports
  • Real time Gas Prices ^^
  • Toll road avoidance ^^
  • 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


^ BETA: in selected countries

^^ Toll Roads and Gas Prices dependant on user contribution


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