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Google's purchase of Waze is one of the main ways they get realtime traffic data: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-google-bought-waze-the-inside-story-2015-8
by SEJeff 11y ago
Google's purchase of Waze is one of the main ways they get realtime traffic data:
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-google-bought-waze-the-inside-story-2015-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/how-google-bought-waze-the-in...
For serious drivers, there simply isn't anything on the market (and free!) better than Waze.
- Raphmedia 11y agoAre all the features on Waze in Google yet? Or should I download Waze?
- jessriedel 11y agoYou can't contribute information without Waze, and you don't get some notifications like the presence of speed traps. But the Google Maps app has the key traffic information after coarse-graining and filtering.
- y4mi 11y agothey have different target audiences. waze almost gamifies driving and tries to get users to actively report stuff about the traffic, including accidents and similar things. google maps is a traditional navigation system with live traffic monitor, but ultimately a passive experience. afaik no feature of waze has been nor is planned to be merged into google maps. the live traffic monitor of google maps was already available significantly earlier than the waze acquisition.
- SEJeff 11y agoYou should likely download Waze if you want the best experience. That being said, using google maps, you'll see traffic updates or maintenance/cops/red light cameras and it will say "Information from Waze" or something akin to that.