Google’s Waze will now alert drivers about roads prone to crashes

• Google announced a new AI feature for its community-driven navigation app to improve road safety. 
• The feature will provide alerts to drivers about crash-prone roads in advance so they can plan ahead. 
• Waze was formerly known as FreeMap Israel and acquired by Google for $1.3 billion in 2013. 

Google rolled out a new AI feature on its community-driven navigation app Waze which will alert drivers about crash-prone roads in advance in an effort to improve road safety, it announced in a Tuesday blog post.

Waze, formerly known as FreeMap Israel, was founded in 2006 and then acquired by Google for $1.3 billion in 2013. It’s a community-focused traffic and navigation app that provides real-time updates about hazards, accidents, speed cameras, and weather conditions based on data supplied by drivers.