How to Change Your Public Mood Icon in Waze

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When you use Waze, other drivers can see you on the map, marked by a mood icon. If you'd like to change your public icon, this wikiHow will help.

1

Open the Waze app.

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    The icon looks like a text-message smiley face icon in the center of a blue-filled box.
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2

Tap "My Waze."

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    This opens your menu.
3

Tap your name.

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    This opens additional menu options. [1]
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4

Scroll down and tap "Mood."

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    This opens a list of moods you can choose from.
    • You'll need to drive at least 100 miles with Waze running to change your mood. Until then, your mood will be "Waze Newbie." If you haven't gone far enough yet, you'll see a pop-up message telling you so.
5

Check out the moods.

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    Your mood will be displayed to other nearby drivers using Waze but won't be shown to you.
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6

Select a new mood icon.

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    You'll see options like Cat, Dog, Fancy, Chase, Hopeful, Joyful, and more.
    • If you become a special Waze Map Editor with more than a certain number of edits, there's also three moods exclusive for Map Editors including T-Rex, 8bit, and Robot.
    • Recognize that your points and experience in Waze will add additional features to your mood icon appearance. These items will be changed as you level up out of the "Waze Newbie" phase you'll start out with at first.

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      1. ↑ https://support.google.com/waze/answer/6268700?hl=en

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