The carpooling project connects commuters looking for a ride to work with drivers through Waze. A couple of months later, Google began to integrate Waze's data into Google Maps. Earlier this year, Google launched its own carpooling service in Israel based on Waze called RideWith. In June 2013, Google acquired Waze for over $1 billion. You can also manually pick your preferred Waze voice announcer. You can choose which side you’d like to take between the supersoldier Spartan or the rebellious Banished. You will be redirected to the voice direction options. Select the Drive with Master Chief option. Waze hit 12 million users in January 2012, 20 million users in July 2012 and 50 million users in June 2013. Tap on the magnifying glass icon or search bar in Waze. Waze examines intersections using the following types of data: high collision rates, high injury rates, vehicle-to-vehicle incidents, vehicle-to-bike incidents and vehicle-to-pedestrian incidents. to slow down as they approach intersections that have a high incidence of collisions and injuries using data from city transportation departments. cities - which includes Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington D.C. There is also a new feature on Waze that warns drivers in five major U.S.