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Or, rather, whatever conditions it can glean from other Waze users.

One other thing Ive noticed about Waze is that its non-navigational data isnt always up to scratch.

Waze app on iPhone in car

Business information is a big one and it likely comes back to Waze historically relying on crowdsourcing-based systems.

That is Wazes biggest strength, and that is something Google should focus on with this app going forward.

The best thing Waze can do is go in the opposite direction of Google Maps.

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And the last thing the company needs ismore antitrust cases being thrown around.

Adding anything other than the absolute basics to keep the app useful is superfluous.

In many ways, Waze is already like this.

Waze conversational reporting on phone

Waze of the future would be cars or motorbikes, and nothing more.

At the very least it should help keep the size of the app pretty low.

Bottom line

I dont know what Google has planned for Waze in the future.

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