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sovamind OP t1_j5imhiw wrote

The only feature that I still like in Waze is how awesome the reporting of speedtraps and hazards are compared to Google Maps. I usually have to have Android Auto running for navigation and Waze running to report/get hazard information.

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_CDXX_LXIX t1_j5jk6tk wrote

Unless I’ve been missing a buried menu option for years, Google Maps still doesn’t have any speed trap warnings on iOS—and I really prefer how Waze displays speed limit info over how GM does.

But GM is much better for planning routes with multiple stops, searching for nearby destinations of interest, and saving/tagging destinations and making lists. GM also has more options for home screen widgets, which I use a lot.

As an iPhone user, I’m always switching back and forth between the two—Waze for highway driving and for places where I’m unfamiliar with speed limits, and GM for more complex routes or in new cities, etc.

So combining the two could be a really good thing in some universe, but unfortunately, in this universe, I have a feeling Google will fuck it up.

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LurkerPatrol t1_j5jrw5b wrote

Google maps shows the icons for it but doesn’t give an audible warning like Waze does

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5150_Ewok t1_j5kczfm wrote

Yeah, I just took a drive and google maps shows cops conveniently at the bottom of a big hill that’s around a blindish corner. So by the time you see them it’s way too late.

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Formergr t1_j5k044o wrote

> But GM is much better for planning routes with multiple stops, searching for nearby destinations of interest,

Yup, the "search along way" feature is so so helpful, showing you which location of X chain restaurant or store or whatever is the least amount of detour. Very helpful on long trips.

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Puredowner t1_j5km355 wrote

If they remove the speedometer that waze has I will riot.

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ablatner t1_j5l4iwm wrote

I thought Maps also had a speedometer.

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Ellecram t1_j5lz88u wrote

My Android GM has the speed I am driving and the speed limit. When I go over the speed limit it turns red.

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sirbissel t1_j5kty3y wrote

Yep, I think that one feature is why I prefer Waze over Maps, for when I -think- the speed limit is 35 because the road feels like it should be, but it turns out it's 25 or something...

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bleestein t1_j5jxxte wrote

Apple Maps in CarPlay has gotten a little better with reporting speed traps and other obstacles. Still not as good as Waze, but something they are definitely implementing. At one point Apple Maps was even showing weather along routes, which was nice, but I think they deprecated that for some reason.

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Plays_On_TrainTracks t1_j5koof0 wrote

My Google maps on Android has had speed traps and speed cameras reported and shown on the map for years now.

The person below said it doesn't give an audible warning. It def does for speed traps but not cameras. That's actually how I found out about the feature.

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sovamind OP t1_j5n9o02 wrote

It sometimes does...but not nearly as reliably as Waze. Waze also shows you cops on the other side which is helpful b cause they often do loops.

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Many-Wrangler-16 t1_j5kb69t wrote

Same here. I do a lot of highway drives and GM sucks. I tried switching back and forth GM to waze and GM it’s just not for me. And I know for sure once they merge, they will fuck that one up like any other product. To make it even worse I bet you they will make it paid membership to see the speed traps… just mark my words…

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rtb001 t1_j5kzz6v wrote

Waze seems utterly incapable of search, period. With GMap I can just say navigate to the closest library/Burger King/whatever, and it'll find it and immediately plot a route to it. With Waze it'll find you a Starbucks 3 counties over for some reason and decide that is somehow the closest place you requested.

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scarabbrian t1_j5kmdhf wrote

I use Google Maps on my iPhone for speed traps. It does display them, but it seems like you have to be interacting with the reporting feature regularly for it show. Like if I report something it will show me where other people have reported, but if I don't it won't.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_j5ndrhc wrote

> Unless I’ve been missing a buried menu option for years, Google Maps still doesn’t have > any > speed trap warnings on iOS—and I really prefer how Waze displays speed limit info over how GM does.

Please entrepreneurs of the future, do NOT sell your innovations and ideas out to oligarchs who get rid of a "Do no evil" clause from their mission statement.

In ten years people will be trying to buy PS3s for millions of USD as the Titan-esque MNCs consume, paywall, and cripple all the services, entertainment, and memories that we take for granted now but which are getting backed up to "the cloud" (aka, bye bye).

I mean has Adobe's toolkit been usably performant since going SaaS?

Now add nation-state level cyberattacks and dishonest brokers within and on the BoDs of these companies.

It's a clusterfuck.

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NoAirBanding t1_j5ioo9j wrote

Does Waze not run in Android Auto? It works fine with Car Play.

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speculatrix t1_j5iqcai wrote

Waze runs fine for me with Android auto, I see traffic problems and things like broken down vehicles, police speed traps. I can reports those too. All on my car's infotainment touch screen. Galaxy Note 9, car is MG ZS EV.

So I don't know whether the person commenting above was having a problem or just being unclear.

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Etiennera t1_j5is8z7 wrote

They prefer Maps in every way except Waze hazards features.

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Rampage_Rick t1_j5iu70z wrote

The other upside to Waze is the volunteer editors. If there's an error in the map and the editors in that region are on the ball, you can probably get it fixed in a day or two (the map gets regenerated every 24h so it's not instantaneous)

Getting stuff fixed in GMaps can take a month or more.

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buldozr t1_j5j7h3l wrote

Sometimes much longer: I've lived in the current area for a couple years, and they still have not fixed my suggestion that a road near my house is not forbidden for drive-through traffic. It used to have that restriction some years back, but Maps still refuses to route me through the far end of it.

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railbeast t1_j5jlsab wrote

I still remember when I moved from near Google/Apple to another part of the country within the last decade. Holy shit, what a difference in quality and response from the respective companies between the two.

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sovamind OP t1_j5na46x wrote

Yup, so I run both simultaneously. Waze on the phone screen, maps on the car screen. Only maps is ever used for navigation and I have my privacy set to never store trips / data and I don't have Maps logged in to a Google account. Waze forces you to login to get alerts or submit updates.

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JennJayBee t1_j5iw6ov wrote

All of this, and I like the speed limit feature.

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sovamind OP t1_j5n9v18 wrote

I specifically do not run waze in Android auto. I run Google Maps in Auto and Waze on the phone, simultaneously. That's the only way I can get alerts in Waze and useful navigation on the car screen. I never actually use Waze to navigate.

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SpaceTabs t1_j5k3mrn wrote

Waze alerts absolutely get into Android Auto Google Maps. Also speed cameras. It does seem to be more "there" in navigation mode though. My guess would be there aren't enough contributors to get real time the data into Waze.

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speculatrix t1_j5l3qhh wrote

I tend to use maps when I have searched for a business or place, in maps you can search for nearest coffee place and just drive. For commuting and planned journeys I use Waze.

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HerpToxic t1_j5k2kg8 wrote

They killed Android Auto for phones. Now it only works if your car has Android Auto built into its onboard GPS screen thing.

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Raynafur t1_j5jekg7 wrote

It depends on the vehicle. Waze works fine in my MIL's Acura, but the Ford Whatever I rented last year wouldn't support it.

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arcticblue t1_j5jm2pa wrote

Another thing Waze does really well that everything else I've used has failed at is international navigation. I live in Japan and most of my stuff is configured to use English because that's my preferred language (I can listen more or less OK, but still can't read kanji very well) and Apple and Google Maps fails hard trying to pronounce road names and such. Apple maps will sound like an American doubling down on American-style pronunciation of names which sounds awful (sounds are wrong, tone is wrong, everything is just bad) while Google Maps will fail to even recognize that the roads are Japanese and speak them in some form of Chinese instead. It may as well be gibberish. Waze, on the other hand, recognizes this and will switch navigation to Japanese while everything else remains English. It's so much better.

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DeanXeL t1_j5jq0hd wrote

The first time I went into Germany and my navigation suddenly switched to German I was INCREDIBLY annoyed. I don't think there's a good solution to this, but I'd just prefer more options. In my case, I'd much prefer that it just stay on my current language's navigation, but just no more trying to say streetnames or cities.

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sovamind OP t1_j5nafjd wrote

Ironically, I have my navigation set to German all the time. 😊

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grungegoth t1_j5jdhpz wrote

My v1gen2 radar detector uses an app called jbv1 which is integrated with waze. So that'll be interesting how that changes. Jbv1 also crowd sources radar data.

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Billy_Likes_Music t1_j5j5kuf wrote

I too have run Waze and Google Maps via Android Auto simultaneously.

I like the screen look and traffic indicators of Maps but the Hazzard information of Waze.

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sovamind OP t1_j5najml wrote

This is exactly what I was saying I do. Glad someone else understood what I meant.

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FrattyMcBeaver2 t1_j5k6hqt wrote

I use an app called JBV1 to control my radar detector in my car. It will pull waze info to give advanced notice of police or speed traps ahead. Plus it crowd sources other radar detector hits and suspicious plane flight paths for when planes are used for speeding enforcement. I really hope they don't get rid of that one feature in waze.

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testedonsheep t1_j5l7cmg wrote

I think the difference is just people who use google map are more casual users who don't care about reporting these kind of things.

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Caster-Hammer t1_j5krs6l wrote

I A/B tested Waze and GM, and even though Waze is built on GM, GM consistently provided more optimized routes.

Waze does have better notices about hazards/traps, but I gotta get where I'm going faster and most of the time driving the speed limit is a far-off fantasy.

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