Waze crashes all the time after iOS 18.5 update on my iPhone 15 Pro

Maizo9 wrote:

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Waze is not an Apple product. If their app is crashing, it's up to them to fix it. Apple cannot fix a 3rd party's app at all. Anyone having an issue with the app should contact Waze for help --> https://support.google.com/waze/?hl=en#topic=6342345

Thank you for your response I knew that and had already opened a similar chat at the Waze site. However, Waze did not had a single issue when it was running under IOS 18.4 and the problems I described here showed up for me and all the folks in this thread after updating to IOS 18.5

BTW, the thread in the Waze community server is also getting folks to indicate they have the exact same issue.

Obviously there is an incompatibility here and I for one could care less which side decides to fix it first. After all both products are good and have a great following.

OK. While you may not care which side fixes the issue, I can assure you the Apple Side cannot fix it. The fact it was working OK on 18.4 indicates Waze, who, by the way was provided the Application Protocol Interface (API) in advance of 18.5 being rolled, didn't update their app to be compatible with iOS 18.5. ONLY Waze can solve this.

As a developer I have been experiencing the same issue as we push new updates of our app to TestFlight.The thing we found was that on iPhone 16, iOS 18.5, it crashes once, iPhone 16, iOS 18.4, it does not crash, iPhone 15, iOS 18.5, it crashes frequently, and iPhone 13, iOS 16.7, it does not crash. This seems to be a bug within iOS 18.5, yes as a developer we can come up with a hotfix to mitigate this, but at the end of the day Apple still needs to fix this on their end.

Waze is not an Apple product. If their app is crashing, it's up to them to fix it. Apple cannot fix a 3rd party's app at all. Anyone having an issue with the app should contact Waze for help --> https://support.google.com/waze/?hl=en#topic=6342345

Have you tried to restart the iPhone to see if the issues persist?

If so, you might want to get into contact with the apps developer to get further support on the issue

Same thing on my 16 Pro Max. Waze randomly crashes while driving (it seems to happen more when it’s notified me of something - police, traffic, etc.) and takes several minutes before it can be restarted - if at all. I’ve removed the CarPlay connection and re-added it, and restarted the phone multiple times. This started after the iOS 18.5 update.

Hi all,

Same started happening to me a few weeks ago on Iphone 13 Pro Max. I'm using IOS 18.5 at the moment.

I open WAZE, set a destination. App freezes for a few seconds 20, 30, etc and than crashes and closes.

I have to open app again, and than, set the same destination and it might resume normally.

Sometimes, the second time I open the app, it asks if I want to resume the previous route and I click YES and it resumes.

Very annoying. WAZE should pay more attention to these Apple OS updates and schedule the necessary updates on their side promptly to avoid being behind user updates.

Thanks. Regards.

I have the Same problem after update iOS on my iPhone 12 and 14. Reinstalling and new connection don’t work. Also a vieuw setting were changed at iOS 18.5 at the location settings.

I have exactly the same problem. It happens both when I use wireless CarPlay and when I use a wired connection. Everything worked perfectly before version 18.5.

Same issue with iphone 14 pro max and ios 18.5. Waze never had an issue before ios 18.5. Carplay freezes and need to reconnect a couple of times until you can resume drive.