You can give Waze voice commands through Siri on your iOS device. You can tell Siri to:
- Navigate with Waze
- Control some Waze settings
Create your shortcuts
- Open Waze
- Save your starting and end points as Saved places
- Tap
- Tap Settings
- Tap Voice and sound
- Tap Siri Shortcuts
- Tap a shortcut and record your voice
Tip: You can personalize your shortcuts. For example, you can say “Beam me up!” instead of “Take me home."
Once set up, say “Hey Siri” followed by the shortcut you created. If you say “Hey Siri, beam me up!” Waze will automatically open and start navigating home.
Supported shortcuts
For navigation:
Shortcut |
Command examples |
---|---|
Drive home |
“Take me home” “Back to the love shack” “Go home” |
Drive to work |
“Go to work” “Drive to work” |
Drive to an address in your Saved places |
“Drive to mom’s” “Drive to the gym” |
Drive to an address in your History |
“Drive to 123 Sesame Street” |
For settings:
Shortcut | Command examples |
---|---|
Sound on |
“Turn sound on” |
Alerts only |
“Just alerts” |
Sounds off |
“Turn sound off” |
Re-record or delete shortcuts
- Open Waze
- Tap
- Tap Settings
- Tap Voice and sound
- Tap Siri Shortcuts
- Tap on a shortcut
- Tap Re-record
- To remove the shortcut, tap Delete Shortcut
Privacy and Siri Shortcuts
When you enter your home address as a location, Waze will not share that this is your home address.
However, Apple does have access to what you tell Siri. If your tell Siri to drive to 123 ABC Street, Apple may understand that this is your home address.