Full list of features

Notes

Commitment to all phone platforms

Waze is committed to supporting Android, Blackberry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile phones. Waze has found the fastest, easiest way to improve the app is to develop and test on the iPhone and then transfer and develop for other types of devices

Features

• Core features are available, or planned to be added, for every supported smartphone model
• Enhanced features are available on smarterphones, depending on hardware support
• Even though a feature may be available for your device type, there may be a problem with that feature on your specific model which should be listed here.
• As there is not yet a stable release for the Blackberry, features are listed based on the current beta

Sorting the table

• You can sort the tables by version (V.) to see what feature was added in what version
• You can sort by device type so you can group together all the features not yet available

Key and Abbreviations

Android Blackberry Symbian (Nokia) Windows Mobile

☑ Available ☐ Planned for later version ☒ Not available due to device limitations

V.

version

T.

Your phone needs Touch support to use this feature. For Blackberry Touch support is still being implemented, so even if your phone has Touch, the app may not yet support the feature.

h/w

You phones needs to support the hardware (h/w) required for this feature

Core Features

V. *	Class	Feature
1	Map	2D (birdseye view) maps	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	3D maps	✔	☓	✔	✔
1	Map	Select a map location as a destination	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Select a map location as a start point (origin, departure point)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Select and save a map location	✔		✔	✔
1	Map	Select a road and edit the name, type and city for that road	✔
1	Map	Centre map on your current location and track your movements	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Zoom in and out of maps	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Rotate maps (change orientation)			✔
1	Map	Orient map so top is north	✔		✔	✔
1	Map	Choice of day and night colours for the map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Force a download of the latest map for your locations	✔			✔
1	Map	Option to display other wazers in the area on your map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Option to display colour coded automatic traffic congestion reports for roads in the area on your map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Option to display the location of speed cameras in the area on your map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Option to display the location of police speed traps in the area on your map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Option to display the location of reported accidents in the area on your map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Option to display the location of manually reported traffic jams in the area on your map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Option to display the location of reported hazards in the area on your map	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map	Select a map colour scheme from: Vitamin C, The Blues, Mochaccino, Snow Day, Twilight, Tutti-fruiti, Rosebud, Electrolytes	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.0	Map	Select a map colour scheme from: Map editors	✔		✔	✔
1	Map	Create your own map colour scheme (not available on the iPhone)			✔	✔
1	Driving	Spoken turn-by-turn instructions in a choice of languages and voices	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Display name of next road on the route	✔	✔	✔ ?	✔
1	Driving	Display distance and type of next turn	✔	✔	✔ ?	✔
1	Driving	Option to display approximate current speed (speedometer)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Displays estimated time of arrival (ETA)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Rotates ETA with display of remaining travel time (hours and minutes)	✔			✔
1	Driving	Display of driving distance to destination	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Ability to mute and unmute spoken turn-by-turn instructions	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Text and turn icon display of navigation list with distances, driving instructions and road names	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Cancel navigation to a route before arrival at your destination	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Option to automatically zoom in and out on the map based on speed and distance to next turn	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Driving	Typing is disabled while the vehicle is moving. This is enabled or disabled depending on your state or country.	✔	✔	✔	✔
1.9	Routing	One text entry box to search for a destination by road name, address, place name or keywords using Google Local Search	✔		✔ ?	✔
1	Routing	Shortcut favourite destinations to Home and Work	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Routing	Top listing of common and recent destinations	✔			✔
1	Routing	List of favourite destinations	✔		✔	✔
1	Routing	List of recent searches	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Routing	List of saved locations	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Routing	Choose destination by address from Contact/Address Book	✔			✔
1	Routing	Display a list comparing alternative routes with distances and estimated travel times	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Routing	Display a map comparing alternative routes and estimated travel times	✔	✔	✔ ?	✔
1	Routing	Choose whether routing based on fastest time to arrive, or shortest distance to travel	✔		✔	✔
1	Routing	Choose whether or not to allow routing over dirt roads, or just to avoid long dirt roads	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Routing	Choose whether to reduce the number of turns on your route	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Routing	Choose whether to avoid freeways, motorways and highways	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Routing	Option to automatically suggest a route frequently taken based on time of day and your location	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Map Updates	Record new roads	✔		✔	✔
1	Map Updates	Map displays a road-roller when recording new roads	✔		✔	✔
1	Map Updates	Record house numbers	✔		✔	✔
1	Map Updates	Report when a turn is not allowed	✔		✔ ?	✔
1	Map Updates	Report an incorrect junction	✔		✔ ?	✔
1	Map Updates	Report a missing bridge or overpass	✔		✔ ?	✔
1	Map Updates	Report wrong driving directions given by the Waze client app	✔		✔ ?	✔
1	Map Updates	Report a missing exit	✔		✔ ?	✔
1	Map Updates	Report a missing road	✔		✔ ?	✔
1	Map Updates	Report a general map error	✔	✔	✔ ?	✔
1	View Events	Top bar display shows number of local events	✔	✔	✔ ?	✔
1	View Events	Display list of recent events by type	✔		✔	✔
2.0	View Events	Display list of local events by type	✔		✔	✔
2.0	View Events	Display list of events on your route by type	✔		✔	✔
2.0	View Events	Top bar shows current number of your group event notifications	✔		✔	✔
2.0	View Events	Display list of events from your groups by type, current and historic	✔		✔	✔
2.0	View Events	Choose the distance to apply when including nearby events	✔		✔	✔
1	View Events	Nearby events are rotated in full over the map when you are not moving. Removed once you start moving	✔		✔	✔
1	Report Events	Delayed reporting of events with automatic hide	✔		✔	✔
1	Report Events	Reporting of events in current or opposite direction of travel	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Report Events	Adding a message to an event report	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Report Events	Adding a photo to an event report	✔		✔	✔
2.0	Report Events	Choosing which group receives your report	✔		✔	✔
1	Report Events	Reporting a police trap	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Report Events	Reporting a traffic jam	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Report Events	Reporting an accident	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Report Events	Reporting a hazard	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Report Events	Reporting a speed camera in your current direction of travel	✔		✔	✔
2.0	Report Events	Report an abuse of the road reports system	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.0	Report Events	Delete a road report or comment you have sent	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Other wazers are shown on the map with either nickname or anonymous, as they have chosen	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Ability to ping other wazers you see on the map (a public Chit Chat directed at specific wazer), provided they choose to allow such pings	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Report an abusive message sent as a Ping, Chit Chat or comment	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Delete a Ping, Chit Chat or comment you have sent	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Connect with a Foursquare account and check-in	✔	✔	✔ ?	✔
1	Social	Ability to achieve the Roadwarrior Badge with Foursquare	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Option to disable tweeting that you are connecting to Foursquare	✔	✔	✔
1.9	Social	Connect with a Facebook account and post status messages	✔		✔	✔
1	Social	Connect with a twitter account	✔	✔	✔	✔
1.9	Social	View traffic related Twitter messages	✔	✔	✔	✔
1.9	Social	Reply to traffic related Twitter messages, then sent to other wazers and also tweeted	✔	✔	✔	✔
1.9	Social	Display your points and your rank (placing) compared with your Facebook friends who use Waze (weekly and for all time)	✔		✔
1	Social	Option to tweet your road reports	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Option to tweet your destination and ETA	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Option to tweet your point scoring (road munching)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Option to post to Facebook your road reports	✔		✔	✔
1	Social	Option to post to Facebook your destination and ETA	✔		✔	✔
1	Social	Option to post to Facebook your point scoring (road munching)	✔		✔	✔
1	Social	Option to tweet that you have unlocked the Roadwarrior badge on Foursquare	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Social	Option to have your Facebook name linked with your wazer icon on the map: to everyone, to no one, or to friends only	✔		✔	✔
1	Social	Option to have your Facebook profile picture linked with your wazer icon on the map: to everyone, to no one, or to friends only	✔		✔	✔
1	Social	Option to have a link to your Facebook profile linked with your wazer icon on the map: to everyone, to no one, or to friends only	✔		✔
1	Social	Option to have a link to your Twitter profile linked with your wazer icon on the map: to everyone, to no one, or to friends only	✔	✔	✔
1	App	Choose the language for the app interface from a list downloaded from the Waze server	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	App	Display server connection status	✔		✔	✔
1	App	Option to choose whether to connect to the Waze server automatically (not available on the iPhone)			✔
1	App	Display GPS reception quality	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	App	Built in summary of what Waze does and how it works, with screenshots	✔		✔
1	App	Video guided tour to using Waze	✔		✔
1	App	Draft an email for you to send telling people about Waze and how to get it	✔
1	App	Popup to review the Waze app on Chomp - Love or Hate rating, with optional 60 character comment	✔		✔
1	App	Link to the iTunes App store (App World for Blackberry) for you to rate (1-5 stars) the Waze app, and optionally write a review		✔	✔
1	App	After 10 minutes in the background without being used, the app will stop running	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.0	App	Turn off app	✔		✔	✔
1	App	Send Waze your app debugging logs	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	App	Display the version of your installed app	✔	✔	✔	✔
App	1	Display keyboard short cuts help screen (not available for the iPhone)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Gaming	Map displays a waze-muncher when munching cookies (driving across unconfirmed, pacman-type roads)	✔		✔	✔
1	Gaming	Option to display the road goodies in the area on your map	✔		✔	✔
1	Gaming	Option for pop-up display of you points status as you earn points while driving	✔		✔	✔
1	Gaming	Display the points ticker (not available on the iPhone)			✔
1	Gaming	Setting to prefer routes over unconfirmed roads, that earn more points	✔		✔	✔
1	Gaming	Display your points and your rank (placing) in your state or country	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.0	Gaming	Pop-up notifications of your progress in your level of waziness	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.0	Gaming	Display your level of waziness	✔		✔	✔
2.0	Gaming	Display bonus point opportunities	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.0	Gaming	Display the top 50 point earners for the week (and last week's top 3) in your state or country, and also worldwide	✔		✔	✔
1	Gaming	Display the top 50 point earners of all time in your state or country, and also worldwide	✔		✔	✔
2.0	Groups	Find groups that are nearby, popular or by searching the name	✔
2.0	Groups	Link to view a group profile from a road report sent by a group member	✔
2.0	Groups	Link to the Facebook account for a group	✔
2.0	Groups	Link to the the Twitter account for a group	✔
2.0	Groups	Join a group	✔
2.0	Groups	Choose your main group	✔
2.0	Groups	Display membership of a group, including the date each member joined	✔
2.0	Groups	Display details about the group, including the number of members, group icon, the name and location of the group, the number of new users and reports made in the last month, a linked Facebook account (if any) and a linked Twitter account (if any), the creator (owner) of the group, and the date the group was created	✔
2.0	Groups	Create (start) a group, linking it to a Twitter account and a Facebook page	✔
2.0	Groups	Quit (leave) a group	✔
2.0	Groups	Choose whether pop-up reports are displayed from all groups, your main group only, or no groups	✔
2.0	Groups	Choose whether the wazer icons on the map show all group icons, just the groups you have joined, or only from your main group	✔
1	Moods	Select male or female version of LOL, bored, busy, cool, happy, in love, mad, sad, sleepy, speedy, starving, wondering	✔	✔	✔	✔
1.9	Moods	Select Gold, Silver or Bronze based on your place in last week's scoreboard for your country or state	✔	✔	✔	✔
2.0	Moods	Select male or female version of in a hurry, peaceful, singing	✔		✔	✔
1	Music	Play music and access music controls	✔
1	Music	Automatic music volume reduction when spoken turn-by-turn instructions are given	✔
1	Settings	Turn spoken turn-by-turn instructions off (navigation guidance)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	App	Volume control			✔
1	Settings	Choose meters (km) or yards (miles)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Settings	Choose 12 hour or 24 hour clock	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Settings	Choose backlight on or off	✔		✔
1	Settings	Option to accept pings (Chit chat directed to you personally)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Settings	Option to use data compression when transferring data with the server	✔			✔
1	Settings	Option to display network data transfers (bytes sent and received)	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Settings	Option to always display map controls on top of map	✔		✔	✔
1	Settings	Option to always display top bar on map	✔		✔	✔
1	Settings	Select the appearance of your car when being tracked on your map from 3D Arrow, Arrow, SUV, Beetle, Bus, Blue car, Gray car, Green car, Race car, Red car, Yellow car, Motorbike, Red Ferrari, Smart, Taxi	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Settings	Option to automatically switch between night and day colours	✔		✔	✔
1	Settings	Option to disable download of traffic updates and road reports	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Privacy	Option to choose a nickname	✔	✔	✔	✔
1	Privacy	Option whether you are displayed on the map with your nickname or as anonymous	✔	✔	✔	✔

Enhanced Features

V. *	Class	T.	h/w	Feature
1	Map		✔	Automatic switch between landscape and portrait display	✔	✔	✔	✔

Planned Features

There are many planned new features. This section lists only those where there is some provision for a feature in the app menu or interface, but the feature is not yet implemented.

Popup notifications can be turned on or off for...

Your score and rank

• How many points you need to become next week's gold / silver / bronze wazer (if you are within reach)
• Give you an alert when you become this week's gold / silver / bronze wazer
• When you've achieved a new level of waziness
• When you've nearly lost a level of waziness
• When you have lost a level of waziness

Friends

• How many people joined your group recently

Contests and Updates

Automatic notification of the release of a new version of the app

Parked-up (pause) mode

Removed Features

This table lists features previously available that have been removed

Removed in V.	Class	Feature	Availability in versions for other models	Comments
2.0.1	Privacy	Ability to not appear on the map to other wazers (ghost option)	Android 2.0.0.1 - Confirmed missing Blackberry Beta - Unknown Symbian 2.0 - Unknown Windows Mobile 2.0 - Unknown	Removal of this option has privacy implications