Waze will allow you to listen to books and podcasts while driving to your destination

The best-known GPS application when it comes to driving, prepares interesting news for its iPhone and Android users. And it is that Waze will soon be able to link and integrate different on-demand music applications directly into its design. Yes, after doing it with Spotify, now it's the turn of other applications such as Pandora, Deezer or TuneIn, among them That is, while you receive instructions turn to turn with real-time warnings of speed cameras, accidents or any event that happens on the road, you can also listen to your radio stations over the Internet or even your podcasts.But you still have to wait a bit.

Waze has announced it through its official blog, from where they inform that, for the moment, only the beta community will be able to test this integration. And it is that the function has to be tested and tested before giving the go-ahead and being released to the rest of the driver community Be sure to register as a beta tester user at the Waze community website if you want to start enjoying it now. If not, read this article to find out what you'll be able to do when the feature arrives in a few weeks.

The first thing is to know that, since yesterday, the beta community has access to new music playback services over the Internet directly in Waze. Specifically, they are Pandora, Deezer, iHeart Radio, NPR One, Scribd, Stitcher, and TuneIn, although there are limitations at the moment.Android users won't have access to Deezer, and iOS users will be without TuneIn, NPR and Pandora for a while. Of course, things are expected to change in the future so that any user has access to all these services.

When the feature for everyone arrives, we will be able to see how a new icon with an eighth note appears on the main Waze screen. As long as we have installed any of the aforementioned applications and services. Thus, when clicking on that music button all these tools (the ones we have installed) appear in a carousel to choose what we want to listen to. It could be TuneIn or iHeart stations, or music from Deezer, even audiobooks from Scribd.

At the top of the screen, once you have selected the content you want to play while driving, the service controls also appear.Of course, in a simplified way to avoid distracting us from what is most important: the road But it is enough to go back, skip the song or pause playback at any time . It can also be displayed to see the playlist or go through the settings of the chosen service. Of course, this is better to do when stopped than while driving.

What about Android Auto?

Do not forget that Google offers the option of using Waze through its service to connect vehicle and mobile. In Android Auto we can bring the mobile screen and its notifications to the dashboard while we drive. In fact, there are already fully integrated services such as Spotify, Deezer or TuneIn, which allow play music while following the GPS commands Of course, in this case it is necessary to download Android Auto and use its different services in a simplified way: all designed so that driving is the main thing.

So, those who don't want to wait or don't want to download the beta or trial version of Waze can choose to use Android Auto. Here you just start playing your desired music, podcast or audiobook, then choose your destination in Waze. And everything ready to go.