This new feature, soon available in France, should appeal to many users of the Waze navigation application.
Waze users will soon have a nice surprise. A new feature, currently being tested by a few hand-picked users, will soon appear on the application. Today, more than 150 million drivers around the world use Waze when they hit the road. The global success of this navigation application, bought by Google in 2013, can be seen in France where many motorists connect to it via their Smartphone to find the quickest route.
Unique because it works collaboratively – each user can report a traffic jam, an accident or a police check – Waze is always looking to improve its services. New features are always eagerly awaited by the community and the next one, still in development, should appeal to many users. If you are a user, you know that reporting an event in Waze can sometimes be dangerous since, for the sake of responsiveness, we tend to tap on the phone screen at the same time as we drive. With the future functionality, you will be able to indicate the location of an accident or a radar on the road without having to take your hands off the steering wheel.
Google will develop the voice recognition of its application using artificial intelligence. In some time, each driver will be able to contribute to Waze just by verbally describing what they saw. All you have to do is press the report button once and then explain the situation out loud. Using AI, Waze will understand your comment and add the report in real time to the map.
Google, contacted by the site lesnumeriques.com, specifies that Waze will also be able to ask questions in order to obtain more precise information on the nature of the event, such as what is the object on the road which caused the traffic jam.
This new feature is excellent news for road safety. At a time when using smartphones while driving is causing more and more accidents, this possibility of using Waze with the sound of your voice should appeal to users. However, you will still have to wait a little longer to use it, voice recognition in French will only arrive in a few months on the application. Until then, if you are active on Waze, remember that writing a message while driving increases the risk of accidents by 23. A figure that speaks volumes enough not to take your eyes off the road.