You have to go back to the year 2013 to discover that Google bought Waze, although it kept the development teams completely independent to pass this or that function to Maps. now him waze-team It will be part of the same Google Maps, but without noticeable changes to the final experience in both applications.
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Maps and Waze hand in hand
Nowadays Google Maps takes over some functions of Waze, just like the speed camera warning and more, but without any change in the teams in charge of the two applications. Now, via 9to5Google and as a source for The Wall Street Journal, we know that Google plans to combine both the Waze mapping service with the same Maps service.
The The Geo division will absorb 500 Waze employeeswhich has been independent from Google since its acquisition, as we said, in 2013 and thus maintains its completely separate principles.
Waze and Renault have reached an agreement for Android Automotive
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It is mainly because Waze has many similarities in how it works with Android AutoAlthough some features are expected in this app; the one that will reach Renault electric vehicles with an application fully integrated into these utilities.
Google has been in Waze since even carry YouTube Music as another of the integrated services, as is the case with Spotify for the music of this application for navigation.
The new Live View on Google Maps
Finally, a the organization will oversee Google Maps, Street View, Earth and Waze to save effort when updating maps and more. And it is that this important change for the internal teams will not entail any layoffs, although Waze will not have a CEO in charge of its management.
The main reason for this merger between Waze and Google Maps is due to an optimization of resources due to the current economic context. It should be specified that Waze will remain a standalone app following its own guidelines and user experience, so for the last part, the one that affects the users, no obvious changes will be noticed.
