Waze and Nuvi?

 

Seems remotely possible to use BT connection to feed Waze traffic info to Nuvi ... though I realize bluetooth is pairwise and I'd really prefer to keep my phone paired with my car for hand-free conversation. But maybe a second/passenger phone?

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waze & nuvi--

I occasionally use both. I do not have my Nuvi connected to the car's audio system via bluetooth -- but my iPhone is connected via bluetooth.

I can hear the Nuvi if it makes noise. When Waze speaks up, it comes through the sound system.

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Waze

I tried waze didn't like it , I now use Copilot as a back up plus I think the traffic is alot better on copilot.

fee?

Steve620 wrote:

I tried waze didn't like it , I now use Copilot as a back up plus I think the traffic is alot better on copilot.

Is there a fee for the traffic on copilot? Also, do you know where it gather it's data from?

CoPilot traffic

Looks like you have to pay for traffic data on CoPilot:

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INCLUDES FREE 7 DAY TRIAL OF VOICE-GUIDED NAVIGATION AND ACTIVETRAFFIC™

and, from http://copilotgps.com/us/activetraffic/,

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To renew or purchase a 12 month ActiveTraffic subscription at any time...

some features not available in USA

Looked at co pilot. seems some of the features are not available in USA.

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k6rtm wrote:

I occasionally use both. I do not have my Nuvi connected to the car's audio system via bluetooth -- but my iPhone is connected via bluetooth.

I can hear the Nuvi if it makes noise. When Waze speaks up, it comes through the sound system.

I do the same, but have noticed that Waze alerts via the car's sound system only works when Waze is the app on the phone screen. If not, there's no audible alert at all (not from car sound system, not from iPhone). YMMV.

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so some of you are saying it "wazen't" any good?

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First time user

On a trip down to the Outer Banks of NC I used Waze for traffic and my Garmin for directions. Good combo. Responded to a few alerts and I am no longer a Waze newbie.

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Rayzers wrote:

so some of you are saying it "wazen't" any good?

No wayze, Rayze. Sometimes it wazen't, but most of the time it iz.

Me Too

I do the same thing that fkent484 does. I find the combination of Waze and my Garmin to be effective most of the time. I don't like using just Waze especially as a GPS because its routing is sometimes very strange and out of the way.

I use waze a lot.

I use waze a lot.

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