I replaced Google Maps with a navigation app everyone swears by, and immediately regretted it

I’ve been using Google Maps for years. It’s my go-to app for navigating daily commutes, unfamiliar cities, and last-minute detours. It’s muscle memory at this point.

But Waze has always had a reputation for offering smarter routes, real-time alerts, and a community that supposedly outsmarts Google’s algorithms.

So, I figured it was time to find out what I was missing.

Waze excels in several areas, and I see why many drivers rely on it.

However, using it for a month made me realize just how much I’d been taking Google Maps for granted.