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Big change coming!

The Waze navigation system is going to undergo a big change in the coming weeks. To the point of worrying about the future of the GPS application?

When performing a trip and we don’t know exactly which routes to take, there are many solutions.

Some use a good old mapothers go through navigation software like Waze.

According to information from CNBC, the giant Google will even fire employees at Waze to accelerate fusion between his two software de navigation GPS.

A change in Waze’s strategy...Our colleagues from CNBC were able to to procure an email from Chris Philips talking about a change in The strategy de Waze.

The senior official also mentions a total overhaul of its advertising system. In short, Waze will use ads coming directly from Google Ads.

A change which is not without consequences since the bosses must reduce the workforce that worked around Waze Ads.

Layoffs in 2022...This decision involves the framework of the merger between Google Maps and Waze. Yet the latter had been redeemed in 2013 for $1.3 billion and kept an independence.

A merger that is inevitable since in 2022, the teams had already undergone this merger. Google had also carried out more than 12,000 deletions of posts.

The American company wishing to put Resource in artificial intelligence rather than in a navigation system.

Waze should continue to exist...It remains despite everything grounds for hope for Wave. Indeed, there exists a big difference in the format between Google Maps and Waze.

The latter relies heavily on the community. On the other side Google Maps uses all data collected by Google.

A big meeting will be held on 11 July next for decide more for Waze. A fusion of two software however, seems unlikely.

Quentin Dubois Publié