Waze will soon let you report incidents with your voice

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Waze is testing a handy-sounding update that will let you report traffic incidents while speaking naturally. With the new feature, you can tap the app's reporting button and then say what you see, such as, Looks like there's a traffic jam up ahead."

The Google-owned driving app will then use the Gemini AI model to understand" what you've said and create a report. If you make a vague report, like There's something on the road," Waze might ask follow-up questions, like Can you describe what you see?" Depending on your reply, the app will then use that information to categorize your report.

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You can currently only report incidents on Waze by tapping through options within the app, which isn't always...

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