Recently, we convened a couple of super-user meet-ups in Parish5 and Palo Alto, CA, bringing together top Wazers from around the world with the intention of connecting them to one another face-to-face (many already knew eachother from the Forums), and seizing the opportunity to glean their invaluable feedback about our product…

With users like ours, it goes without saying that both meetings were a great success, but what surprised us even more was the initiative taken by local Waze communities to create meet-ups of their own!

Just a few weeks ago, 14 Slovak Wazers and 1 from the Czech Republic gathered to discuss all things Waze and came up with a list of feature requests and bugs that they sent over to our attention. Meet up organizer, Wazer guri211, also shared some positive feedback about recent updates such as the 3.0 design and new map editor, which was really nice to hear. And only a few days ago, the Hungarian Wazer community had a small meet-up, set up by Wazer Wroadd, with the intention of organizing a larger meet-up with Waze staff in Budapest sometime in May.

Without getting too corny, you guys never cease to amaze us. We love the way a few super committed Wazers have organized to bring users together in their communities, and we want the trend to continue! If any of you out there want to bring a Wazer meet-up to your area and can bring together a dozen or more local Wazers, we’d love to send one or two of our staff people out to share some behind-the-scenes info and hear what you guys have to say. If it sounds like something you’d like to do, don’t be shy, make it happen! We really enjoy the chance to get out and meet you guys…

Hey Wazers-

Big day, big news, and big updates for Waze on iOS! Today we’re happy to launch Waze 3.1 with new sharing features for all you procrastinators and leave-laters. Now you can let anyone know via text or email that you’re running late, along with your current location, ETA, and destination!! We’ve also brought back the newly redesigned navigation list– Yep- just goes to show, good things come to those who waze..I mean wait.

We’re also testing our new-hands free system in the US and Canada, so be sure to check out the new magic wave for all your traffic reporting needs, by voice!

There are also a ton of stability issue fixes, bug fixes, and general things you’d expect in any new version.

Check it out in the Appstore, and remember to rate it again, as we have to start all over every time we do a new launch.

Thanks guys-

Happy Wazing!

Good morning/afternoon/evening Android lovers,

We know it’s taken a while (apologies), but your time to shine is almost here!

Stay tuned, more info on its way early next week…

-All of us @ Waze

Hey there all you CES-bound Wazers!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to come on down to North Hall 1101 and check out the latest evolution of Waze: in-car! No, your eyes don’t deceive you– We’re featured in Pioneer’s AppRadio2, a new Android-based dashboard that features Waze in its lineup of nav apps! This is a first, and certainly something to write home about. We also have some Waze team members on-site so you can pick their brains with any questions you may have (if you haven’t already checked the forums of course).

So head on over, and bear witness to what is essentially Waze’s first foray into sans-phone glory. We’ll be just as excited to see YOU!

Hey Wazers-

We’ve got some pretty exciting news for you bay area-based TV watchers out there. Ok, so that might be a little specific for most of you, but if you find yourself getting excited regardless of your locale or which side of the TV-watching fence you sit on, then just go with it. Why?

Because Waze is coming at you live and direct from ABC 7 in San Francisco! That means more reports, better traffic data, and being able to talk about Waze with the general public and have them know what you’re talking about. Take a looksie:

Thanks to all our Wazers out there…wishing you the happiest of new years!