Getting Started

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Get started using Waze: a free navigation app for your GPS equipped smartphone

• spoken turn-by-turn directions in a growing range of languages
• free map updates you can help make and real-time traffic reports
• destination search by road and place names, landmarks and Google Local Search
• for every country and a growing number of languages
• gaming elements for fun and integrated social networking

Read about the amazing way Waze gets better when you just drive around with Waze turned on

• Read the User Manual
• Get the free Waze app for your supported smartphone
• Get help when you have Waze running but the map shows few or no roads, or streets with no names, or you travel to an unmapped area
• Understand the timing of updates, including when you can edit roads you have driven on
• Guidelines
  • Please do not edit the map until you have read best map editing practice and map editing
  • Please do not turn on recording a new road unless you are about to drive on to a road that is not already on the map
• Use the My Dashboard section on the Waze website
• Read the answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and a glossary of terms
• Participate in the announcements and discussion forums

If you have problems, try and find your own solution or ask the community for help:

• Use the Wiki - there is a search box just to the left
• Use the Discussion Forums

If all else fails, you can email Waze with your problem