Waze gets motorbike mode, personalised nav, and less chatty mode
THE SO WHAT
AI-personalized navigation, motorbike-specific routing, and tunable alert verbosity show consumer apps are optimizing for context and cognitive load, not just accuracy. If your product runs in-motion — drivers, field workers, operators — you should be testing how much “less chatty” your assistant can be while still adding value.
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