October 2023
Dear Editors!
It's time for the monthly Editors Community Newsletter!
Thank you for all your contributions and enjoy your reading :)
The Waze Communities Team.
The New Category Search is now Live!
Looking for a gas station or restaurant in your area? We’ve made lots of improvements to Category search, and can’t wait for you to try them: Open Waze’s search window and tap any of the categories showing on top! Check out the improved flow and enjoy the helpful information.
A New App Language and Fresh Voices
Belgium-French Speakers, we have great news for you: you can now get your driving instructions in Belgium-French!
Also, 4 new Arabic voices are now live in the app! These voices are gender specific, to make female and male drivers feel welcome.
Thanks to our dear community for all your help!
September’s Meetups
During September, we held Waze Cafes in Ireland, Venezuela, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago. Thank you for organizing these fun Cafes!
We hosted a Local Meetup in Southeast Brazil, and got to meet 120 community members from all over Europe, Middle East and Africa, in the EMEA Mega Meetup! Thank you for coming out to meet us and share your love of Waze ♥️
Did you Make it Into the Mega Mappers group?
We announced the first batch of Mega Mappers: L4+ editors who made outstanding contributions to the map during the first half of the year! Are you on the list?
The US Plains Community Supports World Record Event
Community members from Nebraska collaborated with local law enforcement to manage traffic for a sporting event, by overseeing closures which helped navigate the tens of thousands of spectators safely.
The event shattered college, US and WORLD attendance records for women's sporting events, with 92,003 fans!
The UK Community Quickly Responded to a New Law
Ever change the speed limit for more than 100K segments in a very short time? The UK Community did! This fantastic community was notified of an upcoming change in regulation, and went above and beyond to update the map! They made sure that local drivers knew the updated speed limit through Waze, right when the new law went into effect. Thank you for everything you do!
Back to School Campaign in Belgium
The Belgian Community and the Waze for Good program launched a 'Back to School' campaign to raise awareness amongst drivers, to slow down and take extra care on the road near schools. The alerts were shown more than 12 million times, in both French and Dutch!
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