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Me again!
Much as I love Waze it feels as though Google really don't as they haven't moved it on
I've previously had good utility from looking at Google maps directly for traffic snapshots but never used it's nav function
With many many more users it should be superb now, is this so?
Much as I love Waze it feels as though Google really don't as they haven't moved it on
I've previously had good utility from looking at Google maps directly for traffic snapshots but never used it's nav function
With many many more users it should be superb now, is this so?
I rate it pretty highly, if only for the Hugh notification rate for mobile speed vans! Very useful along the m40.
Onky issue it is slow to reconnect to 3g when going from low signal back into high signal, and it doesn't for some reason allow you to report an issue then it just upload it as soon as you have signal again. Several angry moments by me with 3g signal, yet it telling me it can't connect.... Esp when I am trying to report something hight urgent... Speed van, car broken down on road etc
Onky issue it is slow to reconnect to 3g when going from low signal back into high signal, and it doesn't for some reason allow you to report an issue then it just upload it as soon as you have signal again. Several angry moments by me with 3g signal, yet it telling me it can't connect.... Esp when I am trying to report something hight urgent... Speed van, car broken down on road etc
Waze is a great concept but poorly implemented. Mine never seems to reconnect to 3g after I drive out if an area with it, and as you said... The whole send to ETA seems off. it details a few obscure friends as my "suggested" contacts, but my wife who I send my eta to everytime never gets remembered.
AW10 said:
It used to be possible to send your ETA to an email address but it seems an "upgrade" now requires you to import your entire contacts database into Waze. Any idea how to get around this?
Bottom left corner of the contacts page is the little bar and dots share image.Click tha then you have the option to send the link via any contact means whatsapp, email etc.
MarkRSi said:
BigsimonY said:
Nokia Here for me. Cant fault it. data free if you download the maps.
Is this able to react to traffic updates/accidents/roadworks/speed traps etc like Waze can? (assuming you have a data connection at all times, of course).ridds said:
Bottom left corner of the contacts page is the little bar and dots share image.
Click tha then you have the option to send the link via any contact means whatsapp, email etc.
But doesn't this assume you have imported your contacts into waze which is exactly what I'm trying to avoid?Click tha then you have the option to send the link via any contact means whatsapp, email etc.
Maybe I'm blind but...
Here's waze navigating me from Guildford to Woking:
I then tap the button in the lower left corner and get this:
I then tap "send ETA" (or "send" and then "Your ETA") and get this:
And that's what I'm trying to avoid. Android and IOS app look much the same.
Here's waze navigating me from Guildford to Woking:
I then tap the button in the lower left corner and get this:
I then tap "send ETA" (or "send" and then "Your ETA") and get this:
And that's what I'm trying to avoid. Android and IOS app look much the same.
Edited by AW10 on Sunday 20th September 14:41
I'm a smidgin away from becoming Waze royalty but still can't stop the damn thing from routing me through most town centres instead of around the bypasses. I compared three satnavs simultaneously once on the same journey and all three gave different advice to the point where I pulled over to look at my map book instead.
Generally it's pretty good but it's far better to know where you're going and use satnavs as guides instead of rules, especially when some people post fictitious reports on Waze just to earn points.
Generally it's pretty good but it's far better to know where you're going and use satnavs as guides instead of rules, especially when some people post fictitious reports on Waze just to earn points.
Hackney said:
Which is going to be the first Nav / or app to include "avoid speed bumps" as a route choice?
Is there already such a thing?
This is why Waze can be annoying - as sjg mentioned sometimes it routes you through random residential streets which is all fine any well if you don't drive a stiffly sprung car and don't have any mechanical sympathy Is there already such a thing?
The road quality in Aberdeen's streets is bad enough with the speedbumps they've put down many of them 
At the end of the day though it's just a guide and you can choose to ignore it.
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