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- Waze is ending support for some older versions of Android.
- Google will soon stop updating the Waze app on devices running Android 9 Pie or older versions of Android.
- The app will continue to function as usual, but your device will no longer receive newer features.
Although it isn’t unusual for Google to have multiple apps for the same or similar functionality, it is atypical for it to allow these multiple apps to exist — so much so that we can’t fathom the idea. Waze goes a step further, with Google not only allowing it to prevail but also updating it with new features once every few months. But as Waze continues to evolve, it is targeting newer versions of Android and dropping support for the older ones.
Waze has started informing users that it will no longer work with older Android versions. Reddit user djstoxer recently spotted a notification informing them that Waze will soon stop receiving updates on their car’s head unit, which runs on Android 9 Pie.