Why has Google not integrated Waze completely within Maps?

I'm sure Waze (and by Waze, I mean Waze's existing crowd-sourced traffic data) is just one of many data sources that Google is working to integrate into Maps. read more

They can get more search results as Google Search is now associated with the Waze app. Was Map Editor has added Google’s Street View and all types of satellite images to provide the most accurate maps. Google’s Waze is reported to be the world’s largest community based traffic and navigation app. read more

2) Google Map and Waze have different goals in mind. Maps is a general mapping application, handling everything related to geographical services one might ever need - walking, driving, navigating indoors, using public transportation, finding businesses, writing reviews for places, travel planning, managing movment history and so on. read more

That’s why Google got into a three way competition with Apple and Facebook to acquire the company. It was eventually reported that Google paid $966 million dollars for the Israeli company. At that time they immediately folded the company into Google and brought Waze’s technology team into the Google maps team. read more

Sometimes Waze tells to make a right turn to another road within few feet after exiting the freeway. With traffic flowing heavily on the access road, the right turn may not be possible. I have seen Google maps provides better routing here. I have to keep both the Waze as well as Google maps to get the best of both the apps while driving. read more