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Time to leave notification = mythical unicorn

Post by eviltimmy
I have been trying for months to get a "time to leave" notification on iOS. I know there are many settings required to achieve this (including entering event address) and believe I have them all set correctly but to no avail. FWIW I consider myself a tech expert.

Can someone *please* enumerate what exactly all has to be set to get travel time notifications and where it might fail? This has been driving me insane. I actually didn't believe they were possible but saw a screenshot someone posted, so I know it's theoretically possible :(

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Post by atrophicshiner
I'm sure the last thing you want to hear are the basics, but it's always worth checking;

Under calendar events > calendars - you have all calendars ticked that you wish to sync with Waze
You also have the "Get calendar reminders" on

Under notifications - calendar reminders is ticked

Under iOS settings you have Waze notifications allowed

Ultimately do your calendar events show in the recent destination list?
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Post by djsushi
The notifications used to work for me, but stopped working after I had to uninstall/reinstall Waze. I think since then they've worked once, even though I verified all my settings were correct.

I did notice that I get time to leave notifications directly from Calendar, itself, still (however, I used to get both that and the Waze notifications). I'm testing now with the "Time to Leave" alert within the specific Calendar entry changed to "None" -- I'm thinking maybe the iOS/Calendar notifications may be clashing with the Waze ones for some reason.
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Post by eviltimmy
I am in America. And FWIW: iPhone 6, latest iOS.

The problem was solved for me by deleting and re-installing the app. Received my first time-to-leave notification the next day.

I have seen the unicorn!!!
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Post by iesd
I am syncing calendar events and do not either receive any time to leave notificacion.
I absolutly agree with the op: it's a mythical unicorn.
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Post by JayArrr7
I still don't get notifications... I'm not even bothering with the Calendar yet, I don't get notifications for a planned drive I set up in Waze. I have all the above settings set correctly and Waze tells me that it will send a notification when it is time to leave, but the notification never happens. The planned drive is there, I see it under "Planned Drives" and Waze knows about it, because when I open Waze after I should already be driving it asks me if I am on my way and offers directions. I am on an iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3. I have tried deleting and reinstalling it as well, to no avail.

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Post by jokizwo
Same here. Settings seem to be correct. Events show up in Waze. It also tells me that I will receive a notification (after confirming the address).

But still did not worked. :((

Where are you from eviltimmy?
I am from Germany and location reporting has just been activated in the recent weeks.

By the way there is a good manual in Google help (Google "time to leave" "Waze").


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Post by jokizwo
It started working two days later :)

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Post by KTCAOP
Are you syncing calendar events?
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Post by mazrael
All Notifications and Location Reporting are turned on.
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