JamShare
Free map link converter

Waze to Apple Maps link converter

Paste a Waze link and get one link back that opens straight in Apple Maps and CarPlay, or in Google Maps or Waze for everyone else.

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Or get the free app and convert from your phone's Share button.

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JamShare on an iPhone converting a Waze link so it opens in Apple Maps
One link opens in
  • Apple Maps
  • Waze
  • Google Maps

How the handoff works

Waze shares coordinates. Apple Maps just needs them in a form it recognizes.

1

Share from Waze

Tap the destination in Waze, then Share, and copy or send the waze.com/ul link.

An app's menu with the Share option
2

Tap JamShare (or paste above)

JamShare reads the coordinates and the place name from the Waze link and wraps them in one link.

The phone share sheet with JamShare as a share option
3

They open it in Apple Maps

The recipient taps Apple Maps on the picker. The place opens with directions a tap away, and CarPlay picks it up.

JamShare picker for a shared address with Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze buttons

Why Apple Maps ignores a Waze link

iPhones hand waze.com links to the Waze app if it's installed, and to Safari if it isn't. Apple Maps is never offered, because the link isn't an Apple Maps URL. So an Apple Maps loyalist receiving a Waze link sees a web map they can't route from, especially in the car.

JamShare takes the coordinates Waze put in the link and offers them to Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze, whichever the recipient taps.

Same coordinates, different app. That's all a map link conversion really is.

CarPlay and the car

Once the place opens in Apple Maps, CarPlay shows it like any other destination: tap Go and the car's screen takes over. That's the reason this direction matters: Waze is popular with drivers, but plenty of iPhone owners live in Apple Maps and CarPlay.

Does the business name survive?

Usually. Waze links include the place name when the destination was a saved place or a search result; JamShare passes it along as the title. For a dropped pin, Apple Maps shows the nearest address instead.

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Apple Maps to Waze

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Waze to Google Maps

Send a Waze pin that opens in Google Maps.

One map link for every app

How universal map links work.

Questions people ask

Does the converted link work with CarPlay?

Yes. Once the recipient opens the place in Apple Maps, it behaves like any destination: tap Go and CarPlay shows the route.

Does it keep the business name?

When the Waze destination was a named place, yes. For a dropped pin, Apple Maps shows the nearest address.

Can I convert a Waze route?

Waze only shares destinations, not routes, so there is nothing to convert. Apple Maps plans its own route from where the recipient is.

Do I need an account?

No. The converter above and the JamShare app are free and need no account.

One link for every driver

Get JamShare for iPhone or Android and share destinations that open in Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze, straight from the share sheet.

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