{"id":24654,"date":"2024-02-09T07:05:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T04:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/24654\/waze-updates-how-users-report\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T07:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T04:05:48","slug":"waze-updates-how-users-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=24654","title":{"rendered":"Waze updates how users report traffic conditions on its iOS and Android apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waze updates how users report traffic conditions on its iOS and Android apps\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Waze was acquired by Google in June 2013 and the collaborative navigation app continues to focus on the actual journey from point \u201cA\u201d to point \u201cB\u201d.  Google Maps, on the other hand, not only gets users from point \u201cA\u201d to point \u201cB\u201d quickly and safely, but it will also recommend places for travelers to eat, sleep, or entertain once they arrive at point \u201c B\u201d.  \u201cWaze users report on certain traffic, road and weather conditions to help others know what to expect in terms of delays or detours, while alerting them to areas where there is a police presence. <\/div>\n<div>By <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/02\/08\/waze-reporting-android-ios-update\/\" class=\"external\">9to5Google<\/a>, in the latest update of the iOS and Android versions of Waze, there is a new orange round danger icon in the lower right corner.  Tapping this icon takes the user to a screen saying \u201cWhat do you see?\u201d  \u00bb From this page, users can report various conditions that affect their journey on the highway and could impact other travelers.  Some of these options include:<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Traffic<\/span>   <\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>      Heavy<\/li>\n<li>      Stop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Police<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>      Hidden<\/li>\n<li>      Other side<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Accident<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>      Piling up<\/li>\n<li>      Other side<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hazard<\/span>   <\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>      Construction<\/li>\n<li>      Car on the shoulder<\/li>\n<li>      Broken traffic light<\/li>\n<li>      Pothole<\/li>\n<li>      Object<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bad weather<\/span>   <\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>      Slippery road<\/li>\n<li>      Flood<\/li>\n<li>      Road without traffic<\/li>\n<li>      Fog<\/li>\n<li>      Icy road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">    Lane blocked<br \/>   <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>      Left Lane<\/li>\n<li>      Center Lane<\/li>\n<li>      Right Lane<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Card problem<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Closing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Gas prices<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Roadside assistance<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Discussion on the map<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Place<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Waze also removed some traffic conditions from the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/app\/\"   title=\"app\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">app<\/a>, such as traffic accidents, listed in the app&#39;s &#8220;Danger&#8221; category.  Another danger, a car stuck in the middle of the road has been removed although there is an option under &#8220;Danger&#8221; for a car on the shoulder of the road.<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-d3a6cbea-54a9-4bc0-8e7e-eb3ead860f22\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:561px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 107.66488413547%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Waze-updates-how-users-report-traffic-conditions-on-its-iOS.jpg\" alt=\"Waze update gives users a new page to report certain road hazards - Waze is updating the way users report traffic conditions on its iOS and Android apps.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p>Waze update gives users a new page to report certain road hazards<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The update is currently rolling out to iOS and Android<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\/>versions of the Waze app.  Interestingly, the update is live on my iPhone 15 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/pro\/\"   title=\"Pro\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pro<\/a> Max running iOS 17.3.1<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">. <\/span>You can install the Waze app<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\/>on your iPhone <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/waze-navigation-live-traffic\/id323229106\" class=\"external\">by clicking on this link<\/a>.  If you have an Android device, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.waze&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\" class=\"external\">press this link<\/a> to get the app on the Play Store. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waze updates how users report traffic conditions on its iOS and Android apps\u060c Waze was acquired by Google in June 2013 and the collaborative navigation app continues to focus on the actual journey from point \u201cA\u201d to point \u201cB\u201d. Google Maps, on the other hand, not only gets users from point \u201cA\u201d to point \u201cB\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[396,106,4445,346,846,3395,657,584,3393],"class_list":["post-24654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-android","tag-apps","tag-conditions","tag-ios","tag-report","tag-traffic","tag-updates","tag-users","tag-waze"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24656,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24654\/revisions\/24656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}