Waze has announced a new feature that, thanks in part to the use of AI, can be more than useful for us to be more cautious while driving and even save our lives. Specifically, as they say in their official blog post, Waze incorporates Google’s accident history, which means that when we pass through a potentially dangerous road, we will receive a notification from the mentioned app.
For those less familiar with this topic, Waze is one of the best GPS navigation apps currently available for driving on the road. Now, with the addition of this new feature, the platform will determine if a road is particularly dangerous thanks to the use of AI. This new function will analyze user reports, relevant data such as whether the road is a highway or a street, and other aspects such as the degree of incline and the condition of the road itself.
With this new feature from Waze, we can drive much more cautiously on the road
In the official post, it is mentioned that this new feature has been in beta since last year, and in fact, it is not even present in the latest beta version of the app. There are also no user reports indicating that this new feature is already available. However, Google, which has owned Waze for about a decade, states that this feature is already available. We assume that it is having a staggered rollout.
Regardless, this new feature will analyze the previously mentioned data, and if any of those factors pose a danger, the app will send a notification to the user indicating how dangerous the stretch of road can be and for how many kilometers that hazardous situation might last. However, it seems that users will not receive notifications about the situations on roads they frequently travel on, as it could be a distraction, according to Waze officials.
