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Post by zosopage1963
Each day, going to work, I have a multitude of choices to make regarding the route. What I do,first thing, is quickly look at the routes and choose the shortest route to my work. BUT, during the commute, I have to constantly go to the "routes" button to refresh the route as Waze does not appear to do that on its own. The shortest time may change after only a few minutes, but I will miss that if I do not manually refresh. I believe other navigation software will auto update your route based on traffic at the time, but I can not find that setting in Waze. How often does Waze update your route based on traffic conditions on your current route? Is there a setting for this that I am missing?
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Zosopage1963 wrote:How often does Waze update your route based on traffic conditions on your current route??
The app checks in with the routing server every 2 minutes checking for better routes.
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Zosopage1963 wrote:I rarely see it give me better routes. Is there a threshold on what it considers a better route?
I think I've heard 5 minutes, but I've seen it prompt me with less. We really don't know.
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Post by CBenson
No there doesn't seem to be much of a threshold. Here my time didn't change at all.
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Post by mikupoiss
Waze does not reroute for a minute or two to save.
I'm not sure about the real time, was it perhaps 5?
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Post by zosopage1963
I rarely see it give me better routes. Is there a threshold on what it considers a better route? When I am looking manually, it is giving me better by like 3 minutes. Maybe 3 minutes is not enough for it to update?
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