Waze and Headspace wants to help you find joy on your drives

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Waze partners with Headspace to help you "discover the joy" during your drives, be more present behind the wheel, and arrive at your destination feeling good. The Headspace experience in the app offers custom navigation prompts from Headspace's mindfulness teacher and Director of Meditation, Eve Lewis Prieto. There are five new Moods: Aware, Bright, Hopeful, Joyful, and Open. And there's even a custom Spotify playlist from Headspace you can stream from Waze. If you want, you can even swap your in-app car for a hot air balloon.

The Headspace experience on Waze is available for a limited time. You can get it in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. To download the experience, click here—alternatively, you can tap "My Waze" to find the "Drive with Headspace" banner and tap to activate the experience.

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