{"slug": "waze", "name": "Waze", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 2, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 2.646, "rising": 0.67, "first": "2026-02-15", "latest": "2026-08-17", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 3, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Waze"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 789420816, "item_id": 49338801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338801", "by": "mardef", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There's no reason to NOT have it.", "excerpt": "Because my 15 minute drive can be a 60 minute drive depending on traffic and there are 3 viable routes I could take. Traffic changes while I'm driving and it automatically updates. An accident can occur on a bridge I'm approaching and I can get detoured and save actual time that I can spend with loved ones instead. If I'm driving later at night, construction may block off my normal route and I can still get wherever ", "context": "", "use_case": "traffic-aware driving navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"}, {"id": 752398352, "item_id": 47024897, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024897", "by": "catlikesshrimp", "date": "2026-02-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I don't use google maps, I use Waze", "excerpt": "Regular where I live: I don't use google maps, I use Waze I don't use messenger, I use whatsapp I don't upload my pictures, contacts (sync is enabled by default) Anyways. What are the options? It will be another free cloud hosted service.", "context": "", "use_case": "navigation", "switched_from": "Google Maps", "story": "Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "tengwar2", "context": "drives and bikes", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339287", "date": "2026-08-17"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["navigation", "car navigation", "traffic-aware driving navigation", "routing with traffic"], "compared": [{"slug": "google-maps", "name": "Google Maps", "co": 3, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331220", "title": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928", "title": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769397", "title": "CarPlay Is Additive", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023238", "title": "Amazon, Google Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 2}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 789428592, "item_id": 49339287, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339287", "by": "tengwar2", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "In my case Waze to get there efficiently, OSMand App for topographic maps", "excerpt": "Yes, of course. In my case Waze to get there efficiently, OSMand App for topographic maps, and occasionally Apple Maps (works well with addresses in Calendar) and Sygic. I use them in the car, and on my bike: ruggedised CarPlay / Android Auto screens are rapidly displacing ruggedised satnavs on bikes. Playing audiobooks and podcasts is handy, as is getting text messages read out with dictation for reply, but it's nav", "context": "drives and bikes", "use_case": "car navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"}, {"id": 789420816, "item_id": 49338801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338801", "by": "mardef", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There's no reason to NOT have it.", "excerpt": "Because my 15 minute drive can be a 60 minute drive depending on traffic and there are 3 viable routes I could take. Traffic changes while I'm driving and it automatically updates. An accident can occur on a bridge I'm approaching and I can get detoured and save actual time that I can spend with loved ones instead. If I'm driving later at night, construction may block off my normal route and I can still get wherever ", "context": "", "use_case": "traffic-aware driving navigation", "switched_from": "", "story": "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"}, {"id": 780973040, "item_id": 48810815, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810815", "by": "KolmogorovComp", "date": "2026-07-06", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "in the end I use Waze for routing due to the traffic updates", "excerpt": "Tangential, but does anyone know if an app exists that that the video feed of your phone with the GPS loc and reads the signs from the road and compare it to OSM to update it if necessary? Let\u2019s be clear, in the end I use Waze for routing due to the traffic updates, but I see sometimes outdated speed limits and know OSM is one of its sources.", "context": "", "use_case": "routing with traffic", "switched_from": "", "story": "CoMaps \u2013 FOSS Offline Maps"}, {"id": 780340370, "item_id": 48771273, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771273", "by": "IgorPartola", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference", "excerpt": "I am clearly in the minority here but I have driven cars with and without CarPlay and honestly do not care whether a car has it. I use my phone for navigation and mount it such that when I look at it I am not taking my eyes off the road. I find this to be far better than having to look down at the center of my dashboard but CarPlay navigation UI via Google Maps or Waze also works fine so it\u2019s not a huge difference. 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