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Community-driven navigation app Waze has announced the rollout of 6 new features to help drivers navigate safely and responsibly. The platform was acquired by Google in 2013 and has been serving as an alternative to other navigation apps such as Google Maps and Apple Maps. Taking on these big giants takes some effort and the platform keeps on getting more and more features. Now, the latest Waze update has rolled out 6 new features that are aimed at making trips safer and more comfortable.Waze rolls out 6 features: All…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETHow often have you faced some type of obstacle or challenge while driving and didn't quite know how to handle it? Even with a navigation app guiding you, driving can be a difficult and demanding task, especially when you encounter something unexpected. To try to make your life behind the wheel a bit easier, Waze has unveiled a series of updates with safety in mind.The six new updates are designed to help you manage specific difficulties on the road from roundabouts to emergency vehicles to speed…

Google’s Waze is adding some quality-of-life navigation features in the coming weeks and months. New options can help you find parking garages (and learn how much they’ll cost), alert you when the speed limit is about to decrease and guide you through roundabouts.Partnering with the Flash parking app, Waze will soon provide information about nearby parking garages. It can show you prices, whether it’s covered or open-air, wheelchair accessibility options, valet services and EV charging stations. Waze says you can also…

A few months ago, I wrote about how the latest changes to Google Maps finally pushed me to switch to Apple Maps. All in all, it’s been a notable upgrade, but on Tuesday, Waze announced six new features coming to its app that have me considering another move.In Phoenix, Arizona, I encounter more roundabouts than anywhere else I’ve ever lived. As such, I was especially excited to see that the first update is Waze’s new roundabout directions, which show you exactly where to enter, which lane to choose, and where to…

Navigation apps don’t only help you get to where you’re going, but they also help you get to where you’re going safely. This is why it’s important to use new safety features whenever they land. According to a new report, Google Maps competitor Waze will show new alerts that will help speed demons out there slow down. It’s always a hassle when you’re driving down the road at a comfortable speed only to be rocked by hitting a surprise speed bump. Also, no one likes to have to slam on the brakes when they see a sharp bend…

Image used for representational purpose (AP)Google is planning to reorganise its ad sales unit as the company increasingly relies on machine learning techniques to help customers buy ads on Search, YouTube and other services. Citing a person with knowledge of the situation, The Information reported that a big part of its 30,000-person will be restructured. Sean Downey, who oversees ad sales to big customers in the Americas, notified the company employees at a department-wide meeting last week without specifying whether…

Waze As a driver, the worst way to learn about a stretch of road with a history of crashes is by ending up in one yourself. Locals will likely already have that information to hand and will therefore approach a hazardous area with caution, but drivers not in the know face an elevated risk as they pass through such places. But now Waze can help. The Google-owned navigation app has just launched a new “crash-history alerts” feature to let drivers know when they’re approaching an accident-prone road. “Every day, almost…

If you’re not Google (or, to a much lesser extent, Apple), map apps are damned hard to make. Last year, several major heavy hitters in tech, including the likes of Meta, Microsoft, TomTom, and Amazon, decided to lay down their arms and meet under a flag of parlay held aloft by the Linux Foundation to make mapping just a little easier, cheaper, and less dominated by two companies. Alone, none could establish a big enough data pool to rival the likes of Google Maps, but with their individual hoards of business location…

Image Source : FILE Google started laying off at mapping app Waze Google has started cutting cuts in its wage mapping service, impacting operations in India as well. As per a media report, the tech giant has planned to notify advertisers and partners about this development on Wednesday. Although the exact number of job reductions was not disclosed in the email, the…

Alphabet-owned Google on Tuesday said it is cutting jobs at mapping app Waze as it merges the app's advertising system with Google Ads technology, without giving details on the number of layoffs."In order to create a better, more seamless long-term experience for Waze advertisers, we've begun transitioning Waze's existing advertising system to Google Ads technology. As part of this update, we've reduced those roles focused on Waze Ads monetization," Google, which acquired Waze for about $1.3 billion (roughly Rs. 10,700…