Waze, the platform bringing together communities on and off the road, today announced YouTube Music is their newest Audio Player partner, giving drivers a new way to listen to music while safely driving. But I feel like not that many people use it, considering I’d just turn on my music beforehand, and leave Waze on.
Originally launched in October 2018, Waze’s full service audio player is partnered with the world’s leading audio platforms which consists of music, podcasts, audiobooks, news, and more. Since then, Waze users have driven almost 11 billion kilometers while listening to content from one of Waze’s Audio Player partners.
By partnering with YouTube Music, from today drivers can safely listen to their favourite albums, playlists, personalised mixes, and more from directly within the Waze app where they get their navigation directions.
“We’re really excited to have YouTube Music be part of the Waze Audio Player family,” said Adam Fried, Head of Global Partnerships at Waze. “We always want to make sure our users have the best possible experience in the car, and now providing them with access to YouTube Music’s huge catalogue means they’ll always have access to their favourite tracks and playlists while on the road.”
Lawrence Kennedy, Product Manager, YouTube Music, said: “We know our users love listening to YouTube Music when they’re in the car, so partnering with Waze now makes the driving and music listening experience even better. By making YouTube Music albums, playlists, mixes and more available within the Waze app, our users can enjoy all their favourite content without ever missing a turn.”
But considering that YouTube Music isn’t even available in Malaysia right, we won’t be able to use the feature. I’m guessing. And on the topic of that, when is YouTube Music coming to Malaysia? Even YouTube Red, and YouTube Premium isn’t available yet. What nonsense.
The YouTube Music integration for Waze Audio Player will begin rolling out from today, and will be available for all users globally in the coming weeks. Excluding Malaysia, I’m guessing.
