The fact that Waze in iOS was broken is almost literal and not in the positive sense of the term. Demand It worked very badly on the iPhone and Carplay. His indications and cards, which are the main things, worked without problem, but he did not happen in relation to his greatest virtue against Apple and Google Maps: navigation reports.
If you have already used this application to drive, you will know that it stands out from the offer Information on real time on accidents, work, speed controls and other incidents. These do not appear by magic, but thanks to user relationships. In this sense, Google Assistant was a key pillar, even if it did not work well and according to Waze, they had to act.
Given its poor performance, Waze instructed Google Assistant in iOS
For more than a year, Waze presented what he called “Conversational reports”It was nothing other than the classic relationships that until then were made by hand, but this time in voice. Given the nature of the application, which is in the cars and in drivers who must be awaiting the steering wheel, it was able to be able to send reports to a living voice.
This task was entrusted to Google Assistant, something certainly logical since Waze belongs to Google. This integration came not only to the Android mobile application, but also to that of the iPhone. However, while in Android, this has worked well since the start, for months, there have been hundreds of complaints by iOS users. Now Waze has confirmed that they were not unfounded complaints and that they were right: Google Assistant does not work well on Waze for iOS.
Often, the indications of Google Assistant to report events on the road brought heads to users, because it took a long time to do so, did not understand what was requested, understood or understood. Sometimes it was not even activated. It was a real chaos.
The Waze team has published a statement in which they not only recognize these failures, but also announce a replacement of Google Assistant with which Finally solve all problems And obtain a functionality that is precisely that, functional. To do this, they will start to eliminate Google Assistant support in iOS this week (on Android, it remains).
Gemini will be the new Waze AI for reports
Gemini, the Google AI which already replaces the assistant in certain Android mobiles and has an iOS support, will also be the new Waze assistant. In the declaration of the platform, it is not explicitly mentioned, because they speak of an “improved vocal interaction solution”, but we already knew months ago, it would be Gemini.
Once the Gemini integrated, we can not only get a better assistant with which Speak using natural languageBut other additional features are also planned. For example, being able to ask yourself to expand the reports of the reports that others have reported.
Yes indeed, For the moment, there is no date on the arrival of Gemini in WazeAlthough it is already tested in beta. It is expected that in the coming weeks, it will start to deploy for the whole public. Therefore, if you are a Waze user, we strongly recommend keeping the application up to date to your latest version.
The important thing is that sooner or later we will have a function that will strengthen Waze's idea as the best supplement Carplay. Apple's car system is also managed by Voice with Siri, although in Apple Maps, we do not find as many functions related to the relationships of the user community.
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