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Waze is one of the best-known navigation apps in Europe and it was significantly redesigned last year, also introducing new functions. For vacation, this app is a very useful tool for many Android users.

There is a series of tips that will allow us to use Waze better on our travels. An application that we can use on Android, also compatible with Android Auto (whose tips are also interesting). This way it will be more comfortable to navigate or plan our trips.

Alternative routes

When we go to plan a trip, Waze will be of great help to us when displaying alternative routes. It is likely that there is a traffic jam or an accident on the route we were initially going to take. The app shows us alternative routes at any time, so that we can change at any time and thus reach our destination.

1. Open Waze on your Android phone.
2. Enter the destination.
3. Wait for the route to appear on the screen.
4. Click the Routes option on the screen.
5. Check which of these alternative routes you are going to use.

Configure alerts

One of the keys to this app is that gives us real-time informationwhether it is accidents, traffic jams, the presence of police checks or if there are errors in one of the cards. This is very useful information, which will allow us to better plan our trips.

It is also important configure alerts in the app, so that we receive notifications about things or situations that are useful or important to us. It is configured like this:

1. Open Waze on your phone.
2. Click on the map.
3. Click on the icon with a blue card on the right of the screen.
4. Enter the Alerts section.
5. Choose the alerts you want to activate in the app.

Plan when to go

Waze helps with planning the best time to make an itinerary or determined trip. The app records the times when a certain route is the busiest, so you can choose the time when there is less traffic jams in order to arrive in the shortest possible time.

1. Open Waze on your phone.
2. Find the destination of your route.
3. Tap Later at the bottom right of the screen.
4. Choose the time you want to travel, according to the graph on the screen.
5. Click on save.

Put on the speedometer

Waze is an app that can help us avoid receiving fines to drive too fast. In the settings of the application we can activate a speedometer that shows the speed at which we are driving on the screen. In addition, we can have it warn us if we are driving too fast, so that we can better control that speed.

1. Open Waze on your phone.
2. Go to the app settings.
3. Enter Speedometer.
4. Activate this option.
5. Also use the option to display the speed limit.

Gasoline prices

Another feature that can come in handy when traveling using Waze is to have information on gasoline prices in the region where we are. In the app we can adjust the way this is displayed which can be useful if you usually use a specific brand, for example.

1. Open Waze on your phone.
2. Go to the app settings.
3. Enter gas stations.
4. Select the gas station and the type of gasoline.

Nail best solutions for navigation which we currently have on Android, which also makes it very difficult, even with the new Google Maps driving mode which you can easily activate in Maps.

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