Prime Highlights:

• Waze has dropped Google Assistant support from its iOS app because of ongoing technical problems.
• The firm is developing a new voice interaction solution, which may involve Gemini, an AI interface.

Key Facts:

• Google Assistant in Waze’s iOS app had technical problems for more than a year.

• Android users will still have Google Assistant in Waze.

Key Background:

Google Assistant functionality on iOS Waze has been officially discontinued by the top navigation app due to persistent performance issues. The move comes after more than one year of complaints from users about experiencing glitches, ranging from non-registering voice commands to erratic responses from the assistant.

Against this background of ongoing technical struggles, Waze announced it would add an advanced voice interaction option to its iOS users. However much the nitty-gritty remains pending, some conjecture suggests the firm could utilize Gemini, a more advanced AI solution, as it follows Google’s general movement away from Google Assistant towards more new AI implementations.

Google Assistant shutdown on iOS does not affect Android users, whose assistant remains unaffected and still functions well. Waze has assured the user that it is dedicated to more voice command functionality while responding to performance issues that have been plaguing Apple devices.

This is one of the larger projects at Waze to provide unbroken navigation experiences by substituting low-performance features with more powerful and efficient ones. As part of its dive into AI-based solutions, Waze has ambitions to provide improved voice interaction and improve app experience on all its platforms.