Waze - use car GPS with CarPlay?

[A900ss]

Does anybody know of Waze uses the phone GPS or the cars GPS when using CarPlay?

I know Google Maps and Apple Maps use the car GPS and that Waze didn’t when it first came to CarPlay. Just wondering if his has been updated yet.

Thanks in advance.

[GeneralSinn]

My iphone stays stone cold on prolonged waze use which suggests that it’s using the car gps when connected to CarPlay

[rfn]

Fairly sure Waze uses the car GPS.

Certainly in my other half's Arona (& a Mustang we hired in the US very recently) they won't let you use the in car maps when car play is "on", for this reason?

[A900ss]

Thanks for your comments but I don’t think either is convincing.

I know for a fact that Waze didn’t use the car’s GPS when it first came out in iOS 12 yet the phone always remained cold when using waze on CarPlay (probably because the phones screen wasn’t on, it didn’t really trouble the battery).

Likewise, you couldn’t use Waze and car navigation at the same time, again waze wasn’t using the car’s GPS.

I still think it doesn’t use the car’s GPS as unlike Apple Maps/Google Maps, it doesn’t always have the correct orientation when you first plug it in to the car; it has the orientation you had from walking to the car. Apple maps and google maps always use the car’s orientation when you plug the phone in as it defaults to the car’s GPS.

If anybody knows for certain, please let me know.

Thanks.

PS - the same applies to Android Auto, GM uses car GPS and I think Waze doesn’t.

[littleredrooster]

I use Waze for up to 11 hours a day, often via CarPlay and am 99.9% certain that it uses the phone's GPS.

I usually start the route before plugging it in and when CarPlay fires up, it shows exactly the same Waze maps on the screen and the phone then shows the turn-by-turn directions list.

[ashleyman]

Not sure if it's the same but one thing I've noticed with Waze & CarPlay is this:

When Waze is open on the phone and NOT connected to CarPlay, you get a small speedo in the corner displaying GPS speed. - Usually reads lower than the speedo.

When Waze is open on the phone and connected to CarPlay you don't get the little speedo in the corner displaying GPS speed. It's also not possible to view the map on the phone screen, it's just a list of directions.

I prefer to run Waze separate from CarPlay because it allows me to see GPS speed which means I'm not relying on the under reading speedo.