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Waze has introduced a nifty new feature for sending the directions searched on its website to the mobile app. This new feature comes in handy for those who plan their entire trip on a computer.

These free navigation services help you plot routes and avoid traffic jams, but which is best? I tested both map apps and ...

Google has announced updates for both its Google Maps and Waze apps on iOS, including recommending car parks, and alerting users to different types of speed cameras. More than ten years after it ...

Google’s Waze navigation app has picked up a few handy updates recently and, today, it’s picking up yet another. Starting today, Waze users can send directions from the web to their smartphone in just ...

Whether you're using them for a road trip or your daily commute to work, Google Maps and Waze make avoiding traffic a lot easier. Both apps got even better on Wednesday thanks to five new features, ...

The dawn of the smartphone age had us cheering for GPS chips and easy, on-the-go navigation. No longer were we beholden to sites like MapQuest (which still exists as a mobile app, by the way) and ...

Waze isn't very useful when you don't have a signal.

Open Google Maps for a routine drive and there is a good chance the suggested route is not the fastest one. It is the one ...

Restarting the Waze app or your device is a simple first step to fix many problems. Check Waze's status page to see if there are server issues causing the app not to work. If Waze isn't working, it ...

Waze and Google Maps belong to Google, and despite seemingly sporting a similar purpose, they are different software built with a distinctive goal in mind. Google Maps was, is, and will continue to be ...