Procrastination is the nemesis of productivity. Couple that with an inability to meet deadlines or people at a given hour and your life is a series of apologies and regrets. What if we told you your smartphone might have the solution? Besides setting the alarm and reminders on your phone, like everyone does, you can make it calculate the hour you should leave home (traffic conditions considered, too).
Mobile app Waze just announced a new feature that does exactly that, expected to arrive on iOS Wednesday and on Android “soon”. The update is going to be called “planned drives” which will make your trip to the office or outdoor meetings easier and your “horrible traffic” excuses, futile.
You simply have to check in the hour you’re supposed to be somewhere and the app will suggest when you should leave home and how much will the trip take, analyzing “traffic conditions based on smart algorithms, aggregated traffic history and predictive analysis”, explains the company.
If you link Waze to your calendar or Facebook events it can even plan your routes for those times and send notifications when it’s time to get dressed or pack your stuff and leave. Nothing about an Outlook synchronization though, despite the popularity of the service in business environments.
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