Waze could soon fix its biggest weakness to tempt you from Google Maps
Key feature gets the green light
· TechRadarNews By Leon Poultney published 17 December 2025
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- Waze is reportedly testing traffic light support
- Popular feature from Google Maps could soon go live
- The feature is currently only testing in Israel for now
Waze is reportedly introducing a feature that many users have been calling for — and one that Google Maps has been offering since 2022.
Support for traffic lights and stop signs has been helping Google Maps users anticipate upcoming turns and better understand the correct lane to be in for more than three years, but it appears that Waze is finally playing catch up,
According to Android Authority, which itself received a tip from GeekTime, Waze is testing traffic lights on its maps in Israel, where the app was originally founded and where many of the developers still currently live and work, despite the company’s acquisition by Google in 2013.
The report suggests that the feature is still in its very early stages and that the number of traffic lights being shown at any one time is currently limited, to avoid cluttering the map to the point that it becomes distracting.
Android Authority claims that when actively navigating, the map shows a maximum of three traffic lights at a time. Although this changes when users aren’t navigating, with all traffic lights in the vicinity shown to those merely browsing the map or driving without navigation.
Waze confirmed back in May that traffic light data, stop signs and other important road signs would be introduced to its mapping services after asking its users to vote in favor of the new features.
Google pulls ahead
As previously mentioned, Google Maps added traffic lights, stop signs and other road furniture to its maps years ago, seeing as these are some of the most important reference points when arriving at a junction or other complex traffic system.
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