Waze is built around one thing, and one thing only: minimizing your time on the road and getting you to your destination as quickly as possible. Left: Google Maps Right: Waze (Image credit: Tom's Guide) A feature it pinched from Waze, we might add.
And more recently it even started showing you exactly how much a particular route will cost, should you pass through any tolls.
In other words Google Maps will take more than just your final ETA into account when it tells you where to go. That way you save on fuel, and are less likely to get into an accident. The service will now use a number of factors, including real time traffic conditions and number of traffic lights, to make the proposed route safer, and more eco-friendly. It may ask if you want to take an alternate route depending on how bad the traffic gets, but it’s not particularly aggressive about it.īut last year Google Maps changed the way it calculated its calculates its routes. Google Maps will flag traffic or obstacles it knows about on-screen, as does Waze, but the difference is Google will happily send you on the same pre-set route regardless of how things change. Rather than finding the quickest single path to your destination and leaving you to it, Waze is always analyzing conditions to try and get you there the fastest possible way.īoth services can determine traffic conditions from the number of users on the road, but Waze actually does something about it. Waze, on the other hand, is built exclusively for car and motorbike users. Google can even alert you to obstacles or traffic along the way, and give you the option of taking a different path. You could walk, drive, cycle, or take the bus, and Google Maps has something to offer. You punch in a location, and it will find a way to get you there, no matter how you plan on doing it. Google Maps is your traditional navigation app. To the point where the “winner” depends entirely on how you get around. That being said, despite both being operated by Google, they are pretty different. Is your Amazon Echo, Alexa, or Ring down today? You aren’t aloneĪmazon Echo vs.Winner: Tie Google Maps vs Waze: NavigationĪt their core, both Google Maps and Waze will get you where you want to go.
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Amazon has a three series deal with the three presenters, after they left the BBC following a row over a bust-up with a Top Gear producer.ħ things you didn’t know the Echo Show 15 could do It’s a 12-episode run, which will be streamed weekly. The first episode of The Grand Tour will be shown on November 18 and only for Amazon Prime subscribers. To find the tone, open the Alexa app on your phone, then go to Timers and Alarms, and tap Celebrity.
Perhaps stars of other, popular Amazon shows will record their own in the future. Interestingly, this may not be the only special alarm Amazon Echo owners will get to enjoy, seeing as The Grand Tour alarm tone is inside its own Celebrity category. Most amusingly of all, Alexa says she really enjoyed Hammond’s performance in The Muppet Babies. According to Alexa, Clarkson spends his time asking her to insult Hammond and May, and she questions why James May drives so slowly. Take some time to ask Alexa about her opinions regarding the team, because the responses are rather fun. Hammond is the straight man trying to keep order, May instantly goes off on a tangent, and Clarkson gets the job done - with all the subtlety of his beloved hammer.Īmazon’s use of Echo, and the Alexa voice assistant, to promote The Grand Tour doesn’t stop with the alarm tone. The alarm is found inside the Alexa app, under a new category named Celebrity, and is a specially recorded alarm featuring all three of the former Top Gearpresenters. Prepare for shouting, it’s a #TheGrandTour alarm tone for your Amazon Echo, with and /1K6rPQ2kDP The wake up call comes as a special alarm tone created in the name of promotion for the forthcoming show The Grand Tour, starring the trio, and exclusive to Amazon Prime. If you’ve dreamt of being woken up by Jeremy Clarkson, preferably when he’s joined by Richard Hammond and James May, then your wish is about to come true but only if you’re the proud owner of Amazon’s Echo or Echo Dot wireless speaker and smart home device.
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