{"id":104371,"date":"2026-07-13T17:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/104371\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:44:09","slug":"waze-rolls-out-gemini-powered-features-including-new-motorcycle-mode-for-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/104371\/","title":{"rendered":"Waze rolls out Gemini-powered features including new motorcycle mode for riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/132371655.jpg\" alt=\"Waze rolls out Gemini-powered features including new motorcycle mode for riders\" title=\"Waze's big Gemini update is here\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Waze&#8217;s big Gemini update is here Waze is rolling out five new features today, and the update leans hard into Google&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/astrology\/horoscope\/gemini\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gemini<\/a> push while also giving riders and daily commuters more control over how the app talks to them. The changes cover everything from motorcycle-specific routing to voice searches powered by AI, and they start hitting phones globally starting today.The biggest addition is Motorcycle mode, which uses AI to factor in two-wheeler shortcuts, road restrictions, and hazards like potholes, speed bumps, raised crosswalks, and narrow bridges\u2014the stuff that barely registers for a car but can wreck a rider&#8217;s day. It&#8217;s backed by real-time traffic data and a dedicated team of motorcycle map editors, though the rollout is limited for now to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, and the Philippines, with more markets promised later.<\/p>\n<p>Personalized navigation learns your driving habits<\/p>\n<p>Waze will now suggest routes based on a user&#8217;s past trips, not just live traffic patterns. So if you consistently pick highways over side streets with multiple stops, expect the app to surface that route first. Users who&#8217;d rather stick to Waze&#8217;s standard ETA-first suggestions can pick alternate routes or switch personalization off entirely in settings. This one&#8217;s rolling out worldwide on both Android and iOS.There&#8217;s also a &#8220;Less chatty&#8221; mode for anyone tired of Waze interrupting a podcast every ninety seconds. It trims down voice prompts and keeps the ones that remain short, while still flagging hazards, turns, and lane changes when it actually matters.<\/p>\n<p>Gemini now handles reporting and destination search<\/p>\n<p>Conversational Reporting, which already let users flag slowdowns by talking naturally, now extends to map corrections\u2014saying &#8220;the road is closed here&#8221; sends the update to local editors for verification. Meanwhile, Gemini-powered destination search lets users tap the voice icon and ask things like &#8220;find a gas station with the lowest prices nearby,&#8221; with results ready to navigate to by voice. That last feature is currently limited to Waze&#8217;s beta community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waze&#8217;s big Gemini update is here Waze is rolling out five new features today, and the update leans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[54133,2408,132,1430,8641,54134,54135,53907,54137,54132,54131,54136],"class_list":["post-104371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-google","tag-ai-powered-navigation","tag-gemini","tag-google","tag-google-gemini","tag-google-gemini-update","tag-motorcycle-routing-app","tag-voice-search-in-waze","tag-waze","tag-waze-less-chatty-mode","tag-waze-motorcycle-mode","tag-waze-new-features","tag-waze-traffic-data"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}