Carplay, Apple Maps and Waze

In addition to what you've mentioned, I'm in Brazil and Apple don't have turn-by-turn GPS available here yet. So carplay does not cover this basic function here at all.

Shame on Apple. you're pushing me to "try" an Android now. Can you imagine having WAZE on my car's multimedia screen!?

Yeah, have to agree that Google maps is also more accurate. We have a new road opened last fall and it still doesn't show up in maps but it does in the Google app.

Hey,I heard (not tried myself) that upgrading iphone with Cynthia allows that. I haven't tried myself but will try with some older iphone.

apple map really inaccurate

lane guide always wrong, map direction always wrong

force me to buy an pixel to use carplay, so can use google map and waze

really apple?

That hasn't been my experience at all.

Car play has zero value without Waze... Unfortunately.

All other: Calls, music work perfectly without car play. And you do not have to PLUG the CABLE...

Google owns Waze so I don’t foresee them selling to Apple anytime soon. The only thing would be if Google licensed it to them but with Apple Maps I don’t know if they would.

Filed a bug report 😉

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What made you give this answer? I've been searching the web, on both apple and waze user and support forums. I have concluded that in fact is apple's fault. Waze would very much like to be allowed to deliver a apple carplay version of their navigation app but has not yet been admitted.

I have the exact same sentiment as Merlin1166

I bought a new car that has no navigation of it's own, it is depending on either carplay or android auto for that. I am a first generation iPhone user currently in the market for an Android phone just because of my frustration with apple maps (not finding any company's address and plainly not being able to find me the shortest route ever - in The Netherlands that is) and to a smaller extend with the limited amount of (third party) apps on carplay.

I think it will need waaaay more pressure for apple to allow 3rd party navigation. (User) data is the new currency and with so many people using google maps etc. they're missing out on that. Forcing people to use apple maps on car play is an easy way for them to collect such valuable data.

Btw what I did, since using an android in my everyday life is not an option: I got a second SIM card, bought an used android phone (in my case a galaxy S5) and now use this phone just for my car. All android music apps for android are really bad compared to iTunes on CarPlay but that's still acceptable when comparing the navigation maps

I too was so upset when I found out that the only way to use Waze on CarPlay was to jailbreak my phone. I am not going to waist my time with a jailbreak. I feel that Apple should allow a user to use any navigation app we want on CarPlay. I have used Apple Maps and on more that on occasion it has ran me into a dead-end or just got me lost.

I use Waze religiously and I and I could almost guarantee that if Apple advertised Waze on CarPlay, they would get a even more passionate following. I am been using Apple products since the beginning. I hate to say it, but I am heavily weighted on the side of switching to Android, just so I can use Waze in my car.

You are not talking to Apple.

It's up to Google to develop a CarPlay compliant version of Waze. Go complain to them. To date, they have not submitted a CarPlay compliant version to the app store for review. Apple isn't going to write it for them.

Apple, I get you and I get that you want to maintain control of what probably is the most important feature of CarPlay. Navigation that is. That said, for those of us not privileged enough to live in an Apple Maps optimized city/country, Waze is our only option - it is not just a preference. Apple Maps simply doesn’t work in Dubai, UAE. I am more than happy to use Apple Maps as my default navigation app however until you support Dubai maps, please enable Waze on CarPlay - it’s the right thing to do.

The information in Brazilian media is different. Anyway, better than reading would be answering for sure, besides giving us alternatives to use the iPhone with Apple CarPlay at the same level Android users can do. Imagine leaving in a country like Brazil and driving with no GPS, unless you buy an Android phone or have it resident in the multimedia.

This is the point. And Apple has to give an answer for that. A real good one.