2 Killer Reason to Use Waze rather than Google Maps
When it comes to navigation the first name that will strike any normal Android or iOS user shall be Google Maps. Any why wouldn’t anyone use Google Maps, after-all it is the best of all navigation Apps and has reigned as the Navigation King B), and it’s a plus if you have Google Now installed along with Google Maps to incorporate some killer navigation tricks.
Reasons to use Waze Vs Google Maps
Waze, on the other hand, has gained much popularity among the users. And it recently rolled out a feature that can convince you to switch to Waze. The feature is called “Planned Drives”, and it is available for both Android and iOS devices.
Waze Mobile Planned Drives
In order to use Planned Drives feature in Waze, you shall be required to tell Waze about your destination and by what time you need to be there. Waze app takes into consideration many details like the some mentioned below
- The distance from your current location to the destination you choose to be
- The traffic status on the routes available i.e the routing based on community driven real-time traffic and road info,
- Any alerts police traps, road closure or accidents that have been reported on the route you plan to take, etc
- And it even suggests you a time to leave your location in order to be at your destination on time.
Reasons to Switch to Waze
The main reasons to switch to Waze and ditch Google Maps are here
- Waze app is of great use when it comes to estimates based on real-time changes in traffic conditions, which means that you shall be notified in case of any updates on the real-time traffic adjustments that are made.
- Next is if you allow and give permission to Waze app to integrate with your calendar scheduled events and also Facebook events, it can automatically create a Planned Drives for you to be on time at the event and never miss the celebration without the worry of getting late 🙂
Just thinking when this feature shall be rolled out on Google Maps or does Google plans to incorporate it? Well, the answer could be Yes, but we do not know when that shall happen. Till the time being, we can aptly say that Waze is coolest navigation app that is available for us. So go on a try it…Bon Voyage 🙂
Android users hit here : Waze – GPS, Maps & Traffic
iOS users more info for you here: Waze – GPS Navigation, Maps & Social Traffic
