Waze soon to have voice commands, Tagalog navigation

The navigational mobile application Waze will soon be more compliant with the recently enacted Anti-Distracted Driving Act with voice commands and, as a bonus for Filipinos, voice features in Tagalog.

According to a report by Cedric Castillo on GMA News TV's "State of the Nation," Waze users will no longer need to touch their phones to update destinations while driving.

"Now that there's the safe zone, you're able to dock your phones. You're still able to see Waze... as long as it's within the four inches that's legally allowed," Mona Weng, global strategic partnerships manager of Waze.

"You can actually update your destinations with voice commands. So that way you don't have to touch the phones at all," she added.

"We're releasing a whole suite in Tagalog with both the voice navigation which will include street names and a Tagalog voice command," Weng said.

The voice command feature and the Tagalog suite is expected to be released in the middle of July, she said. —NB, GMA News