Waze on iOS is dropping Google Assistant after a year of failed fixes

Waze on iOS is about to lose a feature that should have been integral to the app, but has in fact spent more than a year in various states of being broken. Google Assistant support is officially being removed from Waze’s iPhone app. Waze’s Google Assistant feature likely being replaced by Gemini soon On Waze’s public forums, a company rep announced the following: We’d like to share an update with you regarding Google Assistant on Waze iOS. As many of you have likely experienced, this feature has not been working as intended for over a year, and we sincerely apologize for the prolonged inconvenience. Rather than simply patching a feature that has faced ongoing difficulties, we’ve decided to phase out Google Assistant on iOS starting tomorrow and replace it with an enhanced voice interaction solution in the near future. As always, we are committed to keeping you informed and will share more details as we progress. The post concludes with the following: “It’s important to note that Go ... Read full article.