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I love Waze! (1 Viewer)

elbowrm said:
I wish there was a way to only have audio for cops.
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Agreed. I usually turn the audio off, but it still interferes with my music when I stream music. For some reason it mutes my music every time there is a direction or notification as if it is still telling me the info. Very annoying.

 
AcerFC said:
I like using it and it has saved me a number of times. However, I do find there are times it will take me into traffic when the other way would not have and also there have been a few times it wanted me to get off a highway to drive 5 mins down the road to get back on the highway. I didn't, but I thought if I didnt know or just followed blindly, that would have wasted a few minutes of my trip
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Probably what happens is the route gets congested after you depart and you're beyond the point of taking an alternate. It can't predict the future.

The only thing I don't like about it is the search function. If I want to go to a certain business, it's not always easy to find the correct location.

 
GroveDiesel said:
elbowrm said:
I wish there was a way to only have audio for cops.
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Agreed. I usually turn the audio off, but it still interferes with my music when I stream music. For some reason it mutes my music every time there is a direction or notification as if it is still telling me the info. Very annoying.
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I want audio on trips where I don't know anything but this is a big problem I have with it. Sometimes I can't get audio at all and other times it's really low. Have to turn music up louder than I want it so it's loud enough to hear when it comes up.

Driving in Cincinatti yesterday and put in for it to take me home. I assumed it would route me one way from where I was at but it tried to route me another way which was going to take me in heavy downtown traffic again on I 71. Lost some time messing with it to take me the way I wanted to go.

 
GroveDiesel said:
elbowrm said:
I wish there was a way to only have audio for cops.
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Agreed. I usually turn the audio off, but it still interferes with my music when I stream music. For some reason it mutes my music every time there is a direction or notification as if it is still telling me the info. Very annoying.
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It seems to me the phone assigns some kind of audio priority to apps, but I have googled like crazy and can't find an answer to if you can switch up priority. For example, if I have Waze and Music playing from the phone, Waze is always louder than the music (but both can be heard). However, if I am streaming Prime Music, the music is way louder and I can barely hear Waze. I like leaving the audio on and the cop alerts and reroutes have saved my ### too many times to turn it off.

 
Is there a way to adjust the level of detail it gives? It seems like I get fewer notices with less information in Waze than I do with Google Maps. For instance, Waze may say "In a quarter mile turn right" while Google gives me the street name as well.

It's minor but especially helpful in unfamiliar areas or when GPS may be spotty.

 
To get street names - options- sound- voice language - Jane (should see something in parenthesis about street names next to her name)

 
GroveDiesel said:
elbowrm said:
I wish there was a way to only have audio for cops.
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Agreed. I usually turn the audio off, but it still interferes with my music when I stream music. For some reason it mutes my music every time there is a direction or notification as if it is still telling me the info. Very annoying.
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I think I figured out how to do this, or they added the functionality recently - settings>Quick settings>sound = alerts

 
shuke said:
AcerFC said:
I like using it and it has saved me a number of times. However, I do find there are times it will take me into traffic when the other way would not have and also there have been a few times it wanted me to get off a highway to drive 5 mins down the road to get back on the highway. I didn't, but I thought if I didnt know or just followed blindly, that would have wasted a few minutes of my trip
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Probably what happens is the route gets congested after you depart and you're beyond the point of taking an alternate. It can't predict the future.

The only thing I don't like about it is the search function. If I want to go to a certain business, it's not always easy to find the correct location.
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Search function used to show Yelp stars too. Now it doesn't.

But the app has been phenomenal for me in North Dallas.

 
Generally like it. Would be nice to be able to drop icons posted on the other side of the road if they aren't there any longer (ie police, etc...). POI's seem to be more up to date than GoogleMaps.

 
I've been pretty frustrated with Waze recently. I have a suspicion that, rather than always giving you the fastest route for you, it sometimes sends you a slightly longer route in order to spread traffic out and create better traffic for everyone as a whole.

I've had multiple times over the last few weeks where it was sending me a somewhat weird route that would have only made sense if there was an accident/construction/etc on the main route. Only it didn't show any incidents. 

A couple of times I just trusted it and it added 10-20% more time to my trip. I ignored it a few other times and went my typical route, and as soon as I started going the normal way, it updated to the new route and immediately cut 15-20 minutes off of my projected drive. What is frustrating is that I couldn't even get it to give me my normal route as an alternate route until I started going that direction.

That's really not acceptable to me. It's especially frustrating when the routes it gives you end up being on a bunch of smaller roads with dangerous turns or intersections or through sketchy neighborhoods. Thanks Waze for giving me a route in an area that I don't know that actually took 15 minutes longer and had me cutting across 8 lanes of traffic on a left turn in front of a crack house!

 
GroveDiesel said:
I've been pretty frustrated with Waze recently. I have a suspicion that, rather than always giving you the fastest route for you, it sometimes sends you a slightly longer route in order to spread traffic out and create better traffic for everyone as a whole.

I've had multiple times over the last few weeks where it was sending me a somewhat weird route that would have only made sense if there was an accident/construction/etc on the main route. Only it didn't show any incidents. 

A couple of times I just trusted it and it added 10-20% more time to my trip. I ignored it a few other times and went my typical route, and as soon as I started going the normal way, it updated to the new route and immediately cut 15-20 minutes off of my projected drive. What is frustrating is that I couldn't even get it to give me my normal route as an alternate route until I started going that direction.

That's really not acceptable to me. It's especially frustrating when the routes it gives you end up being on a bunch of smaller roads with dangerous turns or intersections or through sketchy neighborhoods. Thanks Waze for giving me a route in an area that I don't know that actually took 15 minutes longer and had me cutting across 8 lanes of traffic on a left turn in front of a crack house!
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I've noticed some of this lately, although the differences in my routes aren't as drastic, more on the 4-6 minute level.

The thing is, Waze can't predict the future.  I don't even think it uses an algorithm that predicts heavy traffic patterns based on time of day.  So when you start a 45 minute trip, it is going to show you the quickest route at that exact moment.  That may change in 20 minutes.  Or even 5.

My frustration is that it doesn't automatically redirect often enough.  Just this morning, I was about a third of the way in a 40 minute trip.  I was skeptical about the way it was taking me, so I hit the routes button, and saw another way that was 5 minutes quicker.  Maybe it only reroutes you if the difference is high enough.

 
shuke said:
I've noticed some of this lately, although the differences in my routes aren't as drastic, more on the 4-6 minute level.

The thing is, Waze can't predict the future.  I don't even think it uses an algorithm that predicts heavy traffic patterns based on time of day.  So when you start a 45 minute trip, it is going to show you the quickest route at that exact moment.  That may change in 20 minutes.  Or even 5.

My frustration is that it doesn't automatically redirect often enough.  Just this morning, I was about a third of the way in a 40 minute trip.  I was skeptical about the way it was taking me, so I hit the routes button, and saw another way that was 5 minutes quicker.  Maybe it only reroutes you if the difference is high enough.
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Beep Beep

 
GroveDiesel said:
I've been pretty frustrated with Waze recently. I have a suspicion that, rather than always giving you the fastest route for you, it sometimes sends you a slightly longer route in order to spread traffic out and create better traffic for everyone as a whole.
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Why would they do this?  Not saying you are wrong, I just don't get their motivation.

 
shuke said:
I've noticed some of this lately, although the differences in my routes aren't as drastic, more on the 4-6 minute level.

The thing is, Waze can't predict the future.  I don't even think it uses an algorithm that predicts heavy traffic patterns based on time of day.  So when you start a 45 minute trip, it is going to show you the quickest route at that exact moment.  That may change in 20 minutes.  Or even 5.

My frustration is that it doesn't automatically redirect often enough.  Just this morning, I was about a third of the way in a 40 minute trip.  I was skeptical about the way it was taking me, so I hit the routes button, and saw another way that was 5 minutes quicker.  Maybe it only reroutes you if the difference is high enough.
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That makes sense as an explanation, but that's not even what I'm running into. 

Let's say I normally make a right out of work and go a certain route and that it normally takes 30 minutes to get home. Waze will tell me to turn left and go a different route than usual and that it will be a 40 minute drive home. And if I hit alternate routes, it will only show me variations of routes turning left without a single option to turn right.

Normally, I would assume that there must be an accident or something in my normal route. But nothing shows up in the app reflecting that. 

So I'll turn right onto my normal commute. Waze will initially tell me to make a u-turn, but then after just a mile or so, it will adjust to my normal route and show a projected normal 30 minute commute. 

It's not just that it's sending me a different way that's longer than usual despite no traffic issues, it's actively hiding the normal route that is faster!

 
Waze is pretty nice.  I'll probably get myself killed playing with the thumbsup/down system, but having a feature to report police is pretty awesome.  I wonder if police officers run the app too to see when people have lit them up for us wazers.

There is this horrible brick-laid drive that was meant to be fancy in the neighborhood, but it's really just gruesomely bumpy.  I listed it as a pothole and got a ton of likes or whatever, so that was cool.  

Is there a way to change it in the settings so the route displays on my lockscreen whenever I lock the phone?  That's the only thing I don't like about it vs. the apple maps program is that I have to constantly keep the phone unlocked and play hot potato with the phone.  

 
AAABatteries said:
Why would they do this?  Not saying you are wrong, I just don't get their motivation.
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I can't say for sure, but my guess would be something like this:

Say there is a road that has a capacity of 80 cars before it starts to slow traffic by 76%. Waze has 70 users all put in destinations that would normally carry them on this road as the fastest route. 

But Waze knows that that number is approaching the road's limit before it slows considerably. So instead of sending all 70 people that way, it sends 50 of them that way at 100% speed, and 20 of them on alternate roads that will slow them by 25%.

Rather than send everyone the exact same way and cause a major slowdown, it sends a certain percentage on a slower way to prevent EVERYONE from potentially getting significantly slowed.

So it's not just planning singular trips at a time, it's trying to actively manage traffic as a whole.

When you think about where Google wants to go with self-driving cars, actively managing traffic in this way will be an absolutely crucial component.

 
GroveDiesel said:
That makes sense as an explanation, but that's not even what I'm running into. 

Let's say I normally make a right out of work and go a certain route and that it normally takes 30 minutes to get home. Waze will tell me to turn left and go a different route than usual and that it will be a 40 minute drive home. And if I hit alternate routes, it will only show me variations of routes turning left without a single option to turn right.

Normally, I would assume that there must be an accident or something in my normal route. But nothing shows up in the app reflecting that. 

So I'll turn right onto my normal commute. Waze will initially tell me to make a u-turn, but then after just a mile or so, it will adjust to my normal route and show a projected normal 30 minute commute. 

It's not just that it's sending me a different way that's longer than usual despite no traffic issues, it's actively hiding the normal route that is faster!
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I was coming back to Brooklyn from the Hudson Valley on Sunday evening which is always a nightmare and Waze kicked me off my normal route.  I made the turn as it said it was 10 minutes faster.  After about 10 minutes on that route I realized Waze was sending me to the west side of Manhattan.  I don't need an algorithm to tell me that is bananas unless the East River is on fire and infested with car eating dragons.  I couldn't turn around at that point and ended up having to cut across Manhattan on city streets in weekend return traffic. So stupid.  

Moral to the story is I find myself ignoring the suggested routes a lot more than I did this time last year.  

 
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Nick Vermeil said:
GroveDiesel said:
That makes sense as an explanation, but that's not even what I'm running into. 

Let's say I normally make a right out of work and go a certain route and that it normally takes 30 minutes to get home. Waze will tell me to turn left and go a different route than usual and that it will be a 40 minute drive home. And if I hit alternate routes, it will only show me variations of routes turning left without a single option to turn right.

Normally, I would assume that there must be an accident or something in my normal route. But nothing shows up in the app reflecting that. 

So I'll turn right onto my normal commute. Waze will initially tell me to make a u-turn, but then after just a mile or so, it will adjust to my normal route and show a projected normal 30 minute commute. 

It's not just that it's sending me a different way that's longer than usual despite no traffic issues, it's actively hiding the normal route that is faster!
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I was coming back to Brooklyn from the Hudson Valley on Sunday evening which is always a nightmare and Waze kicked me off my normal route.  I made the turn as it said it was 10 minutes faster.  After about 10 minutes on that route I realized Waze was sending me to the west side of Manhattan.  I don't need an algorithm to tell me that is bananas unless the East River is on fire and infested with car eating dragons.  I couldn't turn around at that point and ended up having to cut across Manhattan on city streets in weekend return traffic. So stupid.  

Moral to the story is I find myself ignoring the suggested rounts a lot more than I did this time last year. 
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I've also noticed increasing inconsistencies... I find myself constantly checking alternate routes and waze changes the "best" route all the time.  No way conditions change that quickly.  Right now it's really only beneficial to me for cop sightings and major backups (big accidents and/or construction)

 
Not being an available app on Apple Car Play has pretty much gotten me off of Waze entirely.  It is just so much more convenient to plug in my phone and have Apple Maps show up on my Nav screen instead of having some special phone holder.

 
I assume that sometimes it sends me on an alternate route just so it can scope out the alternate routes. 

Also I long ago turned off the voice and the cartoons. 

 
Yea, overall I really like waze (use it going to and from work every day over a 45minute'ish commute), but what I've found myself doing is looking at the upcoming alerts, if I see a bunch of heavy traffic indications I'll hit the best route thingy and that sometimes re-routes me.  Or I'll just down a road it had suggested in the past, but not this particular time, and end up knocking a couple minutes off.  However, without waze I'd have never known about all the other routes so I'll still give waze the thumbs up.

And it is a boss about avoiding major accidents and huge backups. 

 
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
My #1 Waze complaint is the same as the Ayatollah’s in Curb Your Enthusiasm.  I hate when it has me make a left turn without a light. 
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Yup. And for me, it constantly wants me to take this one route where I'd have to merge into 5 lanes of rush hour traffic from the right, and have to get all the way to the left exit in a half mile through bumper to bumper traffic.

Knowing the area allows me to ignore that because I know that it would be dangerous or impossible. But if you don't know the area and are trusting Waze, suddenly you're either forced to make some dangerous maneuvers, or you miss the exit and add 15-20 minutes to your drive.

 
I use it 90% of the time for my commute.  Which means it's generally picking between 4 general routes (there might be some more slight variations).  Some are easier than others, so I always check the "ROUTES" and if one of the easy routes is within 2 or 3 minutes of the best one, I pick it. 

I just miss the Morgan Freeman guest voice.  "At the circle, take the 2nd exit for freedom!"

 
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