App Name: Waze Platform: Android / iOS Cost: Free How long you’ve been using it: 1 year What you liked about this app: Real-time GPS. Very accurate up to date on road conditions. What you disliked: Nothing yet. Improvements you can suggest: Better voice recognition and hands-free operation. Who would benefit most: Drivers who could use real-time GPS for their daily commute Link to App Store / Google Play / etc:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waze&hl=en
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Other info you would like to add:** Waze is best described as a ‘Social GPS’ app. Realtime data from your smartphone is sent back to the Waze servers (speed, direction etc) which is then used to alert other Waze users about road conditions. For example if I am going 20 kph on a 100 kph zone, Waze will find out something is wrong and will mark the path as red. For new drivers getting directions, Waze will then avoid the slow routes. Every Waze user becomes part of a community of millions of other wazers and gains points and status as usage grows. Waze was bought over by Google in the recent past.
Re: App of the Week, Wednesday June 25 2014: Waze - Android / iOS
I've used this app quite a bit.
Last year I was playing a lot of Ingress. Needed to know where the traffic jams were, gas stations and police patrol :D so I could organize my route. This app was excellent during those times!
Re: App of the Week, Wednesday June 25 2014: Waze - Android / iOS
This is the best GPS application out there since it uses live data provided by the users. The only issue I see is that it allows you to report issues while you are driving which could cause an accident. They should add a voice command option so that you could report things by voice.
… So I use this app a lot!!