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Post by AlanOfTheBerg
[July 11th 2016 update] As it was publicly announced now, Waze dropped support for WP
WinBeta.org wrote:Waze app won’t be updated until number of Windows phone users increases
By Brad Stephenson
Jul 8, 2016 at 12:19 am

Fans of the Windows 10 Waze app are in for some disappointment as it appears the app’s developers have no plans to update it in the immediate future.

On MSFT reader, Mateus, reached out to the Waze team via their official Twitter account and was told that the small number of users on the Windows phone platform really didn’t justify the costs of app development at this point in time.

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While this is bad news for loyal users, it is worth noting that the developers haven’t shut the door on updating in the future and that when or if the Windows phone version of the Waze app gains more users, they will support it once more.
Source: http://www.winbeta.org/news/waze-windows-phone-app

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Same probleme on lumia 532 on windows phone 8.1

the application closes after 2 or 3 seconds
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in my opinion you mix 3 subjects

1- new version development
2- version support: help for users, answer the questions
3- service: data exchange between servers and smartphones

it's been a long time since the development and version support are no longer made by waze for windows phone

regarding the service: it happened several months ago that it was temporarily interrupted for the windows phone

I'm still waiting for waze to make official communication on the "service" aspect
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fabzeta wrote:I thought that Waze (WP) was not updated for years and that the current failure was caused by an update of the Windows 10 mobile OS, however, if you say that, now, even on WP 8.1 no longer works the problem is very different :cry:
there was an update of waze android version on December 6 to v4.46

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=272500

at the same time Waze app stopped working on Asteroid

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=272686

at the same time Waze app stopped working on windows phone 10 and 8.1

For me the cause is not the version of wp but the new version of waze
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Santa klaus went through waze, since today the app is working again on my beloved windows phone

thank you waze
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Jorisfabienne wrote:Since Wednesday 04/09/2019 no way to connect to the Waze application via my Nokia Lumia 735 phone. Everything worked well on Tuesday 03/09/2019. No updates have been installed in the meantime
same problem for me, last time (december 2018) it takes a couple of day to come back
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Post by adubravcic
Can you please provide a link to the app in the windows phone store?
thanks
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Post by Aetherer
I'm another Android user moving to Windows.
So, I have the same issues with the W8 version of the app. No landscape, and the prospect of no future updates.
If the Android version will work in W10, I'll wait for that, once it has been tested.

Don't Waze own the app and the code? If they posted it to the Windows store somehow, wouldn't that bypass Google and Apple?

Please Waze, let my Windows phone show the app in landscape, by any means.
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Post by Al1ens
Act of death
Subject: Waze
Version: 3.7.4.5
Date: 08/12/2018
Time: 21:00 (UTC)
OS: Windows Mobile 10.0.15254.541

They could at least have some courtesy to communicate properly. How much does it cost to tweet that support for xx Waze version will be dropped in xx month? This just shows again how little Blue chip companies cares about their minority customers. It's all about big fat profits, the rest can go to hell.
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Post by AlanOfTheBerg
adubravcic wrote:Can you please provide a link to the app in the windows phone store?
thanks
Done.
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