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In May 2019 the business announced it would be adding Pandora a new streaming service to the audio play feature for i, OS users, enabling riders to have more music alternatives throughout their commute. In August 2019, Waze included You, Tube Music combination to both platforms. Google revealed at the Google I/O 2019 designer conference it was adding Google Assistant combination with Waze.

In September 2020, Waze included support for lane assistance. Waze likewise announced that beginning in October 2020, it would implement trip ideas, pulling together suggestions from just recently gone to locations. Linked People Program [edit] Waze launched the Connected Citizens Program (CCP) in June 2014, a complimentary, two-way data sharing program used by over 450 governments, departments of transport, and towns for traffic analysis, road planning, and emergency situation labor force dispatching.

In 2014, Rio de Janeiro started gathering information for its traffic management system. Rio collects real-time information both from motorists who utilize the Waze navigation app and pedestrians who use the public-transportation app Moovit. Rio was likewise speaking with the owners of cycling app Strava to keep an eye on motions of cyclists.

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Criticism [modify] Concerns have been expressed that the app located on mobile phones can be used to keep an eye on motions by identifiable people. Some road-safety advocates have voiced issue over the possibility of more drivers using Waze, which they say has the potential to distract them with a flurry of icons and alerts and put them at higher risk of an accident.

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In December 2014, in a letter sent out to Google, Los Angeles Cops Department Chief Charlie Beck grumbled about the authorities locator function, claiming it might be "misused by those with criminal intent to threaten policeman and the community". It was alleged that Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who shot and eliminated 2 NYPD officers that month, had actually utilized the Waze app prior to the murders and had posted a screenshot from the app on his Instagram account hours before the shootings, but that was dubious as the post was made three weeks prior to the shootings.

The LAPD, among other cops companies, pressured Google to disable the feature on the application. Google mentions that knowing the location of an officer promotes much safer driving. In April 2018, Waze was slammed for rerouting traffic to Baxter Street in Echo Park, Los Angeles, which is one of the steepest hills in the United States.