Waze Adds Gemini Voice Features and Motorcycle Mode in 4-Update Push
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Updated · The Verge · Jul 13
Waze Adds Gemini Voice Features and Motorcycle Mode in 4-Update Push
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jul 13
Summary
Four updates are rolling out to Waze, led by Gemini-powered voice tools that let drivers report crashes, closures and map fixes in conversational language.
A second Gemini feature, Destination Search, lets users ask for places such as open coffee shops or the cheapest nearby gas station instead of using standard search.
Two non-AI additions broaden the overhaul: a less-chatty guidance mode to cut voice interruptions and a Motorcycle Mode with two-wheeled shortcuts and more accurate ETAs.
Waze will also start surfacing routes based on past trips and local traffic patterns, part of a lighter AI upgrade than Google Maps has received as Google deepens control over its navigation products.