If you are one of the regular users of Waze on iPhone, do not hesitate to update this application to benefit from the new improvements that its latest update brings. And if you're not yet a user, ask yourself if Google Maps or Apple Maps can't do more for you while driving. The point is that Waze now supports Siri assistant shortcuts A good way to save time and despair when asking for an address with a simple command voice.
Siri Shortcuts is a feature coming with iOS 12 and allows you to schedule tasks simply by giving a voice command. That is, ask for a summary of the news when saying good morning, make a division when asking to do the accounts, or whatever we need. Well, now Waze, which is a Google application, is fully integrated with the Siri assistant shortcuts on Apple. All this to be able to ask by voice to be taken directly home, and not waste time looking for the address within the GPS application.
The first thing to do is download the latest available version of Waze from the App Store. Once we do this, we can go to the Siri shortcuts application, where we have to carry out a simple configuration. It consists of programming the reaction of this assistant to a specific order. In this case, it could be activating Waze with our home address by asking for “hey Siri, take me home”,for example.To do this, you must first configure the Siri shortcut, of course.
To do this, access the Settings menu and look for the Siri assistant section. Here's a good list of compatible apps and services, where Waze is now also found, right at the bottom of the list. By clicking on this option we can search for the shortcuts related to this application, which allows us to see suggestions, shortcuts already created or recently used ones. If we click on the + icon we can create a new Siri shortcut for Waze from scratch. We only have to select the function and record the voice order with which we want to launch this feature.
At the moment Waze allows you to use Siri shortcuts to start navigation with common routes such as the way home or to work, for example.In addition, it is possible to launch orders to control details of the GPS application such as audible warnings while driving Small details that allow us to drive without distractions, interacting with the application without Don't even touch the mobile screen.
Once the shortcut is created, we only have to invoke the wizard and say the command created in the recipe to get the reaction we are looking for, which would be to open Waze with the home address automatically. This way we wouldn't waste time opening the application and specifying the street. Everything would be done and it would start up with a single voice command, while we placed the mobile on the dashboard.
At the moment this is all Siri can do for us when it comes to Waze. If you want to search for nearby gas stations, play music while browsing or add a stop, you'll have to do it manually directly in the Waze application.However, it is quite an advance that Google allows you to use one of its most useful tools while driving on Apple mobiles. It may not be a panacea, but if you get used to using these voice commands you will learn to get much more out of your iPhone and the intelligence of your Siri assistant.
