As The Medium explains, Waze’s save your drive feature gives users "the ability to take that planned drive and save it to the app for a unified experience across our platforms, making trip planning even easier."
Hiding behind the convenience factor, 9 to 5 Google tries to explain how using Waze anonymously is fraught with the headache of entering your personal information each and every time.
"This not only relieves the headache of entering your home address over and over, but it allows for 7-day customized planning on the Live Map. What time you should leave Monday might be very different than what time you should leave Friday."
The Medium reveals how Waze stores drivers personal travel information to the cloud. Motorists who allow Waze to save their driving pattern[s] will "ensure you head out at the right time based on the latest real-time information."
As The Verge explains, Waze "will show personalized information pulled from other trips you’ve taken or places you’ve driven to recently, such as how long the app anticipates it will take for you to get to work."
Giving Google access to a persons entire driving habits, what could possibly go wrong?
"The Waze Beacons Program empowers partners, such as municipalities and tunnel owners, to:Enable uninterrupted location services underground ensuring drivers never miss an in-tunnel exit."