WAZE free sat nav

[MikeM3Power]

cheers bud :@)

[tim2100]

I have been using Waze for a month or so after being recommended it by a colleague.

Very very good, I like the live reporting of incidents and community based updates.

Last week I also had a problem with it saying that I had just joined but I thought that was because I had just wiped my phone and reinstalled it.

One thing I would like to see is the ability to pre-download maps as in Google Maps, to conserve mobile data.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Personally I prefer CoPilot (but then that was £25), but it isn't a bad app. I have joined the PH group (last night) but not expecting to see anybody from it on the roads!

Actually, to be honest, when I need to get somewhere and need reliable nav I borrow my wife's TomTom 710! I find all mobile device ones inherently unreliable unfortunately, and they monster the battery.

[tim2100]

I found a simple answer the battery Drain.

I have a plug in charger

Although I can't find the Pistonheads Group.

[y2blade]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Personally I prefer CoPilot (but then that was £25), but it isn't a bad app. I have joined the PH group (last night) but not expecting to see anybody from it on the roads!

Actually, to be honest, when I need to get somewhere and need reliable nav I borrow my wife's TomTom 710! I find all mobile device ones inherently unreliable unfortunately, and they monster the battery.

What PH group? on Waze?

[NiceCupOfTea]

I just searched PistonHeads!

I got sick of buying car chargers on ebay that only charged at USB rate - run GPS + screen and the battery still discharges!

[tim2100]

NiceCupOfTea said:

I just searched PistonHeads!

I got sick of buying car chargers on ebay that only charged at USB rate - run GPS + screen and the battery still discharges!

Thats cause most USB eBay car chargers can only charge non-apple products at 500mA rather than the 1A that they need. Its to do with the Data lines connection.


Either mod the charger yourself or get an original HTC/Samsung charger and you should be ok.

[NiceCupOfTea]

I know that now, my brother made me up a cable.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Can you do European journeys on waze, every time I try the route thingy times out?

[andy-xr]

I think there's a mileage limit per trip on what it'll route, 300 miles seems to be in my head

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Right, not great for euro trips I guess then

[andy-xr]

I dont think that was the main plan for it to be honest, IIRC it started off as a local traffic app involving routing. I guess as it gets more developed then that limit could be lifted

[R1-Jay]

think the mileage limit has been removed, was 200 miles last year but now i can go from west sussex to newcastle which is 350 miles and no probs

[LaurasOtherHalf]

can anyone confirm if the app will work in europe then? it looks like the maps are then when i try it but i keep getting the route time out message when i try to input a destination in say, germany.

[PDenyer]

Google maps will do it

Edited by PDenyer on Thursday 17th January 19:09

[LaurasOtherHalf]

PDenyer said:

Google maps will do it

Edited by PDenyer on Thursday 17th January 19:09

doesn't do the voice directions though, well not on the iphone anyway...

[va1o]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

doesn't do the voice directions though, well not on the iphone anyway...

It does now with the standalone App!

[PDenyer]

va1o said:

It does now with the standalone App!

^^ what he said ^^

[LaurasOtherHalf]

PDenyer said:

va1o said:

It does now with the standalone App!

^^ what he said ^^

Ah very good! Does it require in Internet connection?

[ajprice]

Downloaded this a few weeks ago and it is pretty good. It warned me this morning about heavy traffic on route as I started driving. I've left it to one of the standard voices though, the voices that say street names aren't as good an audio quality, and make a right mess of saying the Welsh street and place names