Points question for the experts

[AlanOfTheBerg]

This question and answer along with lots of other awesome answers can be found in the FAQ: http://bit.ly/WazeFAQ

[bpc777]

do i get points even if using GPS only and I don't have internet connection?

[davipt]

You just need to make sure you have Internet before clicking the close button.

[DILLIKWIG]

I have noticed days where my points seem to have not been counted. Waze usually catches the points up over the next couple of days. I looked at my routes yesterday on the map editor and it showed a total of 165.07 miles while I only received 151 additional Waze points. I expect to see the remaining points come in today or tomorrow. I don't why the point calculations seem to be out of sync sometimes, but overall it seems to be accurate given enough time.

[iainhouse]

You do, indeed, earn points for driving, whether or not you're navigating. You're also helping your fellow Wazers by supplying traffic flow information for the route you take.

[jasonh300]

Waze has historically required an Internet connection. It's possible to cache your route if you are connected to Wi-Fi at the beginning of your journey. However, an Internet connection is required for your drive to upload. Users have had mixed results with their drives uploading at the end of a trip if they did not have a continuous Internet connection throughout the trip.


Via my iPhone 4S.

[jurisdoctor]

On most drives I already know where I'm going so I don't need to start navigation but I want to keep Waze on for traffic info. If I just turn Waze on but I do NOT navigate to a destination, do I still earn points during driving?

[jurisdoctor]

Thanks for the quick reply!

[kentsmith9]

do i get points even if using GPS only and I don't have internet connection?

As Alan mentioned, the FAQ is a great source of the most common questions including this one and the original question:

Credit for driving without navigation
Driving with a flaky network connection

[kentsmith9]

Those bonus candy points are on a different update cycle and often take a full week cycle if I recall.