Waze social GPS maps & traffic

Waze is a fun, community-based mapping, traffic & navigation app, 40 million strong. Join forces with other drivers nearby to outsmart traffic, save time & gas money, and improve everyone’s daily commute.With community-generated maps and real-time traffic, you’ll always get the best route to your destination. By simply driving around with Waze open, you’re already contributing tons of real-time traffic & road info to your local driving community. You can also actively report accidents, hazards, police and other events you see on the road, and get road alerts coming up on your route too. Find the cheapest gas station along your route with community-shared fuel prices.

Waze makes it fun and simple to meet up and coordinate with friends on the road. Connect to Facebook to see friends also headed to your destination. Keep anyone updated about your drive! Send a link to a live map showing your real-time drive and ETA.

It’s all about contributing to, and benefiting from, the ‘common good’ out there on the road, so hop on board, and get involved in your local driving community today!

✓ Live routing based on community-generated, real-time traffic and road info
✓ Community-contributed road alerts including accidents, hazards, police traps, road closures and more.
✓ Complete voice-guided navigation.
✓ Automatic re-routing as conditions on the road change.
✓ Learns your frequent destinations, commuting hours and preferred routes.
✓ Find the cheapest gas station on your route.
✓ See Facebook friends also driving to your destination.
✓ Notify someone you’re on your way by sending a live ETA and a link showing you as you drive
✓ Earn points and move up the ranks in your community as you contribute road info.
✓ Live maps, constantly edited and updated by Waze community map editors.

Drive safe!

Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Waze will automatically shut down if you run it in the background and haven’t driven for a while.

App Screenshots

  

 

• HARDWARE CONTROLS
  CHANGE YOUR AUDIO SETTINGS
  Allows the app to modify global audio settings such as volume and which speaker is used for output.
  TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS
  Allows the app to take pictures and videos with the camera. This permission allows the app to use the camera at any time without your confirmation.
• YOUR LOCATION
  APPROXIMATE LOCATION (NETWORK-BASED)
  Allows the app to get your approximate location. This location is derived by location services using network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. These location services must be turned on and available to your device for the app to use them. Apps may use this to determine approximately where you are.
  PRECISE LOCATION (GPS AND NETWORK-BASED)
  Allows the app to get your precise location using the Global Positioning System (GPS) or network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. These location services must be turned on and available to your device for the app to use them. Apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.
• NETWORK COMMUNICATION
  FULL NETWORK ACCESS
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
  PAIR WITH BLUETOOTH DEVICES
  Allows the app to view the configuration of Bluetooth on the tablet, and to make and accept connections with paired devices. Allows the app to view the configuration of the Bluetooth on the phone, and to make and accept connections with paired devices.
• YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
  READ YOUR CONTACTS
  Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your tablet, including the frequency with which you’ve called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge. Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone, including the frequency with which you’ve called, emailed, or communicated in other ways with specific individuals. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.
• STORAGE
  MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR USB STORAGE MODIFY OR DELETE THE CONTENTS OF YOUR SD CARD
  Allows the app to write to the USB storage. Allows the app to write to the SD card.
• SYSTEM TOOLS
  MODIFY SYSTEM SETTINGS
  Allows the app to modify the system’s settings data. Malicious apps may corrupt your system’s configuration.
  PREVENT TABLET FROM SLEEPING PREVENT PHONE FROM SLEEPING
  Allows the app to prevent the tablet from going to sleep. Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

• YOUR ACCOUNTS
  FIND ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVICE
  Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the tablet. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed. Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.
• HARDWARE CONTROLS
  CONTROL VIBRATION
  Allows the app to control the vibrator.
• YOUR LOCATION
  ACCESS EXTRA LOCATION PROVIDER COMMANDS
  Allows the app to access extra location provider commands. This may allow the app to to interfere with the operation of the GPS or other location sources.
• NETWORK COMMUNICATION
  VIEW NETWORK CONNECTIONS
  Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
  RECEIVE DATA FROM INTERNET
  Allows apps to accept cloud to device messages sent by the app’s service. Using this service will incur data usage. Malicious apps could cause excess data usage.
• SYSTEM TOOLS
  RUN AT STARTUP
  Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the tablet and allow the app to slow down the overall tablet by always running. Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
  SEND STICKY BROADCAST
  Allows the app to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. Excessive use may make the tablet slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory. Allows the app to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. Excessive use may make the phone slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory.
• DEFAULT
  TEST ACCESS TO PROTECTED STORAGE TEST ACCESS TO PROTECTED STORAGE
  Allows the app to test a permission for USB storage that will be available on future devices. Allows the app to test a permission for the SD card that will be available on future devices.