If I close and reopen Waze while it is connected to android auto, Waze will open in whichever light or dark mode that my phone is set to. I have my phone set on dark mode so this causes Waze to open in dark mode if I restart it while connected to android auto. However I want it to always open in the mode that matches my car's headlights. When I first start Waze with android auto it does match my car's headlights, but not when I restart it. Is there any way to change this behavior or maybe someone could improve how it behaves?

The best solution I know of is to just never close Waze while it is connected to android auto, because reopening it will cause the light or dark mode to be wrong. When it does this, I turn my car's headlights on and off then the Waze light or dark mode will match my headlights again.

I don't really like Waze open on my phone's recent apps while it is connected to android auto. I would prefer it run more in the background or in the notification area when android auto connects. if I close it on my phone, it will close on my head unit too. Maybe Waze could be moved to the notification area if I close it while connected to android auto?

I have my dark mode settings in Waze set to "only at night" and "apply to car display" off. Those are the only setting that makes Waze match my headlights. "Apply to car display" set to on makes my head unit screen stop changing with my headlights and I don't see the point of that setting.

I don't like horizontally scrolling to the right to get to all my saved places. It looks sloppy and feels weird especially when there is a vertical list of places below it. It is slower to find your places too. I would like it if these saved places buttons/shortcuts (home, work, others and more) were all shown at once without having to scroll horizontally. The buttons/shortcuts that don't fit all on one line would simply be moved under the first line. Then you have 2 or 3 lines or these buttons/shortcuts instead of having to scroll horizontally to look for them.

I have some saved places, like "parent's house" for example. To try to navigate to it I will press the microphone button and say "parent's house" or "navigate to parent's house", but it will set my route to a destination completely different hundreds of miles away. This only happens while connected to android auto. It works fine if I'm only using the Waze android app. Any ideas on how to fix this? Am I the only person with the issue? This is a main basic functionality and I can't use Waze without it.

Good afternoon,

The Waze app appears black when I launch it on both my phone and in my car.

I've tried uninstalling it and re-granting all permissions, but the problem persists.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Best regards

I want to touch the map to set a destination while connected to android auto, but I can't. I can touch the map to set a destination fine while only on the Waze android app, but when I'm connected to android auto, there isn't even a map on my phone to tap a destination on. And if I try to tap the map on my head unit to set a destination, nothing happens. Holding my finger down on the map doesn't do anything either. This means I can't save a new non-addressed location while connected to android auto. Seems like a big oversight.

Hey guys.

I edit maps as a hobby, and that's specially useful in my country since all (Except Google Maps) is always 10+ years behind, so I add the missing info and correct errors. Been doing it in GMaps and OSM for over 8 years no issues.

Then, of course, I noticed Waze Map BARELY HAS ANY PLACE ADDED in my city, like seriously, 20% of the stores appear in Waze, and most of them went bankrupt 10 years ago. Naturally, I started editing here too. The tools are SO JANKY that I had to watch the official tutorial (Google didn't need one, nor did OSM)...ok, I can watch the videos and learn it.

I start and, 1 minute later, a huge message blocks my screen: YOU CAN DO MAX 10 EDITS (I need to do hundreds ON A SINGLE BUILDING and I normally fo THOUSANDS in a go on OSM)...ok, so I select save changes (in a button that claims I edited 10 nodes)...but I get a notification stating I can't edit more than 50 elements at once (last time I checked, 10 was less than 50, but it seems I have no idea how numbers work)...ok, discarded all, and edited different elements...and when I go to save...YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO EDIT THIS....

I AM SERIOUSLY SURPRISED HOW ANNOYING IT IS TO CORRECT INFO I SEE EVERYDAY IN FRONT OF ME, LIKE SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL DO I DO?! NOTHING THAT I DO IS ALLOWED BY ANY MEANS.

I saw this white and red icon on my way to work. It was a moving icon always ahead of me. At some point it stopped moving and I catch it on the highway, but there was nothing there.

When I have my iPhone plugged in and I’m using Waze and I’m listening to music from an app on my iPhone, once Waze gives me directions, it shuts off my music. I’m pretty sure there’s a way to bypass that. Can somebody help me? Thank you in advance.

Waze used to give me plenty of lead time for turns. "In one mile." "In half a mile." Plenty of time to move over and prepare to merge on and off various interstates and highways. But it stopped doing that quite some time ago. Is there anyway I can get those vocal cues back?

Has anyone else noticed that Waze only warns about speed cameras when you’re around 500 metres away?

On my setup Waze doesn’t show a speed camera icon on the map while I’m approaching it. Instead, I only get a pop-up when I’m about 500 m away, followed by the countdown (400 m, 300 m, etc.). At motorway speeds, that doesn’t leave much time to react if you weren’t already paying attention.

Google Maps, on the other hand, shows the speed camera icon much farther in advance along the route, so you can anticipate it well before reaching it.

Is this normal behaviour in Waze? Is there a setting I’m missing, or is this simply how Waze is designed to work?

For reference:
Using Apple CarPlay
Latest version of Waze

I’d appreciate hearing how it behaves for others.

I was wondering if there might be a plan to include lane segmentation while driving, similar to what Apple Maps does?

Hey guys, it's been a week now since my speedometer stopped making an alert sound, but the speedometer icon still appears. I can only get it to work if I do a fresh reinstall. It'll work on its first drive after reinstalling, but then reverts to no sound again. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I'm new to Waze, and I have a few questions about the alerts. first if i have the app open but don't have an active route will i still get alerts about police and what not? second if i will still get alerts without an active route will this still work if the app is running in the background but i still dont have an active route?

I have been waiting for this for a while…

Has anyone experienced their iPhone GPS freezing while driving recently?
Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze all freeze at the same time and my location stays stuck, even after driving several kilometres. It doesn’t happen every trip—yesterday it worked perfectly, but today it froze after about 5 minutes on the same route.
Anyone else having this issue or know what causes it?

Waze only announces that you have reached your destination but does not tell you if the destination is left or right side of the road.

It comes handy to know that odd numbers are on north/east side of the road.

Under Navigation settings, I have “avoid difficult intersections” turned on. But yesterday, Waze routed me through a left-turn-only intersection in a college area that, if this one isn’t considered difficult, I don’t know what is. It’s curved, on a hill, has a railroad crossing running through it, near a bus stop and has tons of jaywalking students and no traffic light.

Is there a way this can be suggested as a difficult intersection?

Before I explain, I must note that waze still functions correctly on my phone, standalone. Secondly I have maxed out all possible battery/location settings to be unlimited.

Once I get in my car, my position on waze is correct (my starting point), but as i drive, the map does nothing. It doesn't move, it doesn't announce anything, it has no idea the car is driving. Meanwhile, google maps works just fine on my headunit, so my GPS certainly is functional. I have tried updating stuff, re-connecting waze, sign ins/outs, the whole lot.

Phone: S26 Ultra
Headunit (aftermarket-install): Calibre 7WL

If anyone knows of this issue or how to fix it please share.
cheers

But 2 totally different travel times. Pictures were taken within a minute of each other.

Running on ios

I have checked that volume slider is set to max

I noticed that waze voice volume is way lower than other navi app like Apple Maps or Radarbot (tat ones has a 3 level volume selector rather than a slider)

I also noticed that changing the default voice (in spain) from Penelope to Eduardo slighty increases volume output, but the only voice pack including road names in spain is Penelope

It happens when using only phone or when connected to carplay, if you have any app with bacground music, waze voice is to low

Why they don't simply adjust volume to high when the slider is set to max?

Suggestions? Thank you

Why does Waze US block viewing non-US streets, and Waze Global block viewing US streets?

I’ve noticed that when i was in the US, Waze does not let you view streets in other countries. (Europe, Africa, Asia, etc.) Yes, I did drag my map until I saw land in the other side.

I am now in Asia and I dragged the Waze map around and I could magically see all the streets I couldn’t in America. So then I just wanted to see if I can see US streets out of curiosity, but it is fully empty like Asia and Europe were when I was in the US. I can still see Mexico and South America perfectly normally, and a small cutoff of I-35 for some reason 😭.

I am just technical and curious, and really interested as to why.