How much data does Waze use?

[chloe]

I am currently planning a road trip across Europe and am trying to figure out how much data Waze uses in the E Golf?

Not very tech savvy and have not used Google Maps or Waze much when driving at home as most of my driving is just a commute.

For reference I am in the UK.

 

[ZeroMoon17]

I always use Google Maps when driving, and over the past month I've used 121mb. So I imagine for a road trip across Europe you'd use around 100 megabytes. You use more data when entering a new area as you don't have the maps downloaded on your device, but it shouldn't break the bank. No idea how cellular plans work in the UK, but I have Project Fi and they charge me $10 USD per 1 Gigabyte of data used, so costs about $1-2 dollars per month for me to use Maps.

I'd expect similar results from Waze.

 

[2016golfse]

For Google Maps, you can download offline maps of areas you'll be traveling through, thereby reducing data usage.

 

[chloe]

I always use Google Maps when driving, and over the past month I've used 121mb. So I imagine for a road trip across Europe you'd use around 100 megabytes. You use more data when entering a new area as you don't have the maps downloaded on your device, but it shouldn't break the bank. No idea how cellular plans work in the UK, but I have Project Fi and they charge me $10 USD per 1 Gigabyte of data used, so costs about $1-2 dollars per month for me to use Maps.

I'd expect similar results from Waze.

Ah thankyou, I don't think we have Fi in the UK, just a few different networks. I was thinking of using one called Three as they have some deal where you get 200mb per month free https://www.tigermobiles.com/blog/three-data-reward-sim/. From you saying you only use 121mb it sounds like it will be enough and I can not have any expense

For Google Maps, you can download offline maps of areas you'll be traveling through, thereby reducing data usage.

Did not know that, thanks. Maybe I will use Google instead of Waze since you can download.