Up until a month or two ago, I would have rated Waze as 7 stars out of five, terrific! Something happened in the last month or so to the algorithm or speed sampling. Before, arrival time estimates were solid and within a couple of minutes. Recently, however, the estimates have been up to 50% of the time needed. I drive between the same two points 3 times a day and, after 5 months, I pretty much know the travel times. A normal drive takes about 19-21 minutes on the evening run. In the past few weeks, Waze has reported 12-14 minute drives before departure. Enroute, the times climb back into the “normal” 19-21 minute range.Somehow, this formerly wonderful tool is now inept and only useful for routing, but nowhere near reality on ETAs. Now I understand traffic flows and ebbs. Waze used to be reliable, now it’s a joke.Sad that it is so poor now!
