Quali sono gli avvisi di Waze?
In Waze 2025, the app uses a distinctive set of icons and symbols that help users navigate, report, and understand road conditions in real time. The core types of Waze symbols and their meanings are as follows:
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Car icons/emojis: Represent you and other Waze users on the map. Users can choose from various vehicle icons, such as blue car, bus, motorbike, race car, pickup truck, and novelty options, or select a "mood" for their avatar, such as happy, grumpy, mystical, and more [3] [2]. These icons do not affect navigation but personalize your experience.
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Report and feature icons:
- Yellow triangle: Used to report incidents such as traffic, police, accidents, hazards, roadblocks, and weather [2].
- Microphone: Activates voice control for searching and reporting.
- Music icon: Connects to music apps (e.g., Spotify, YouTube Music) [2].
- Pump: Shows nearby gas stations [2].
- Fork and knife: Displays nearby food locations [2].
- P (Parking): Finds where you have parked [2].
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Map navigation symbols:
- Blue arrow: Indicates your real-time position.
- Red balloon: Marks your destination.
- Colored roads:
- Purple: Freeway
- Blue: Major highway
- Green: Minor highway
- Yellow: Primary street
- White: Standard street
- Grey: Ramp
- Olive: Private road
- Brown: Dirt road, not maintained [2] [3]
- Red road: Indicates heavy traffic, slow-moving or standstill conditions [3].
- Orange: Indicates a slowdown in traffic [3].
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Event and hazard icons:
- Face with blue cap: User-reported police presence.
- Brown triangle/circle: Road hazard, e.g., pothole or accident.
- Red arrow up: Restricted turn.
- Green arrow up: Permitted turn.
- Orange dots/roadblock: Indicate roadblocks.
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Other symbols:
- Sound/speaker: Toggle navigation voice settings.
- Cog: Access settings.
- Magnifying glass: Search.
- Blue down arrow: Schedule or plan a trip.
In 2025, Waze also updated its main app icon to support Android’s themed icon capability, aligning it visually with Material You themes. This change impacts only the launcher icon and not the in-map symbols [1] [4].
Customizing your vehicle icon or "mood" remains a popular feature, allowing further personalization directly in the app settings [5] [7].
These symbols are designed for quick comprehension and to facilitate Waze’s core functionality: real-time, crowd-sourced navigation and incident reporting [2] [3].