Waze is rolling out new features that reduce voice prompts, suggest personalized routes and add AI-powered tools for motorcycle riders.
Waze, the navigation app owned by Google, has introduced updates focused on reducing distractions and improving relevance for users.
A new "Less Chatty" mode lowers the frequency of voice guidance while keeping critical alerts for hazards and turns. Personalized navigation now draws on a driver's past trips to prioritize preferred routes, with an option to disable the feature.
Gemini integration expands conversational reporting for map suggestions and enables natural-language voice searches such as requests for nearby gas stations with the lowest prices. The updates apply to both Android and iOS versions.
Motorcycle mode, which accounts for two-wheeled hazards like potholes and narrow bridges, is launching in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines. It is not yet available in the United States.
