Google heeft Waze gekocht
Er deden de afgelopen tijd al veel geruchten de ronde over de sociale navigatie app
[ituneslink=https://itunes.apple.com/app/waze-social-gps-maps-traffic/id323229106?mt=8]Waze[/ituneslink], zowel Google als Apple zouden interesse hebben.
Of Apple echt geïnteresseerd was zullen we waarschijnlijk nooit weten, maar we hoeven in ieder geval niet meer te raden of Google interesse had. Want het bedrijf heeft nu
zelf laten weten dat ze Waze gekocht hebben.
Google Maps and Waze, outsmarting traffic together
We’ve all been there: stuck in traffic, frustrated that you chose the wrong route on the drive to work. But imagine if you could see real-time traffic updates from friends and fellow travelers ahead of you, calling out “fender bender...totally stuck in left lane!” and showing faster routes that others are taking.
To help you outsmart traffic, today we’re excited to announce we’ve closed the acquisition of Waze. This fast-growing community of traffic-obsessed drivers is working together to find the best routes from home to work, every day.
The Waze product development team will remain in Israel and operate separately for now. We’re excited about the prospect of enhancing Google Maps with some of the traffic update features provided by Waze and enhancing Waze with Google’s search capabilities.
We’ll also work closely with the vibrant Waze community, who are the DNA of this app, to ensure they have what’s needed to grow and prosper.
The Waze community and its dedicated team have created a great source of timely road corrections and updates. We welcome them to Google and look forward to working with them in our ongoing effort to make a comprehensive, accurate and useful map of the world.
Voorlopig zal Waze gewoon als aparte app blijven bestaan en zal er uitwisseling van data plaatsvinden tussen Waze en Google. Waze zel bijvoorbeeld Google's zoekresultaten laten zien en Google Maps gebruik maken van de data die ze van Waze ontvangen.
Of het in de toekomst gescheiden blijft is nog niet duidelijk, Google zegt daar in ieder geval nog niets over.
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