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Waze

Waze

Mapping and navigation

Waze turns navigation into a rewarding loop, with adaptive menus, playful validation and prompts that anticipate your next drive. Featuring UX Bites and a case study.

Key takeaways from 1 Case Study and 12 UX Bites

  • After a traffic report, gems appear alongside how many nearby drivers you just helped

  • Prompts anticipate the drive, e.g., turn on Bluetooth before a route with a tunnel

  • The share toolbar reorders around your most-used options, and CTAs auto-progress without a tap

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Last updated: 27/08/2026

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Reordering the share options

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Blimey, you're old

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Picking up your route

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Squeezing onboarding into the feed

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There's a tunnel on your trip

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Planning a route

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Completing the value loop

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Hands-free CTA

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Encouraging diversity

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Setting context on every visit

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Waze's social proof

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Remind you before you leave

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Google is Hollowing out Waze, and that's a Problem for Apple

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