--- description: Waze added a new feature to its real-time traffic mapping app that answers a timeless question for commuters, "Will this traffic jam ever end?" title: This App Tells You How Long You'll Be Stuck in That Traffic Jam image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92a28c3881f98f96/6987867006f2c1d540334b92/460308567.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This App Tells You How Long You'll Be Stuck in That Traffic Jam  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 3:47 PM CUT  The logo of mobile app "Waze" is displayed on a tablet on January 2, 2014 in Paris. /AFP/Getty Images) The logo of mobile app "Waze" is displayed on a tablet on January 2, 2014 in Paris. /AFP/Getty Images)Lionel Bonaventure—AFP/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 2, 2015 3:47 PM CUT Waze has added a new feature to its real-time traffic mapping app that answers a timeless question for commuters: “Will this traffic jam ever end?” It will, and Waze can estimate just how long it will take to break free by tracking real-time GPS data from its community of drivers. The latest update to Waze’s iOS and Android versions now [includes](http://blog.waze.com/ "undefined") a “Time in Traffic” bar that displays how far your car has progressed through the jam and counts down the minutes to freedom. It’s a handy tweak for those moments when the app can’t find a detour around the nastiest snarls. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3769021/waze-traffic-jam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3769021/waze-traffic-jam/"},"headline":"This App Tells You How Long You'll Be Stuck in That Traffic Jam","datePublished":"2015-04-02T15:47:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:48.196Z","description":"Waze adds a countdown clock for those seemingly interminable traffic snarls","url":"https://time.com/3769021/waze-traffic-jam/","keywords":["Tech","apps"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92a28c3881f98f96/6987867006f2c1d540334b92/460308567.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92a28c3881f98f96/6987867006f2c1d540334b92/460308567.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Waze","caption":"Waze","creditText":"Lionel Bonaventure—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3769021/waze-traffic-jam/","name":"This App Tells You How Long You'll Be Stuck in That Traffic Jam"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Driverless Cars: The Future of Driving","description":"Predictions about a future in which cars that will drive themselves have been staples of everything from science fiction to pop culture to corporate PR for decades. But now it looks like driverless cars, at least, may finally be hitting the road.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uDXtGW1i/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-06T19:21:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uDXtGW1i.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3769021/waze-traffic-jam/","duration":"PT4M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3769021/waze-traffic-jam/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```