I am facing a problem with Waze Search Deep Links on the WEB.
I am developing a website where I display addresses in various locations. Sometimes these addresses include a specific street and house number, sometimes it is just a town.
I am trying to make these addresses clickable so that they open the Waze web map (Live Map) in a desktop browser or the Waze app on a mobile device.
For example:
Address: Lithunia, Šiauliai
Link: https://waze.com/ul?q=lithuania,siauliai
This link does not work as expected on the web. Instead, it consistently opens a “Don’t have Waze yet?” banner.
The only workaround I have found is to include the coordinates parameter: https://waze.com/ul?q=lithuania,siauliai&ll=55.93545075938257,23.31341346573512
However, this is not an ideal solution, as it requires me to fetch coordinates on my side first.
I cannot find any documentation stating that the standard search link works on the web. It seems they are forcing users to download the app even on desktop. Is there a workaround to make this work in a web browser without requiring coordinates?