8 Pinoy Personalities Who Would Be Awesome Waze Navigators

8 Pinoy Personalities
Who Would Be Awesome
Waze Navigators
By Eldrin Veloso

Many wishes were recently granted when Waze enlisted the herculean voice of Morgan Freeman to be one of its navigators. As part of promoting Freeman’s latest film London Has Fallen, Wazers can now start the navigation with ‘God’ saying: “The American people are counting on you… to drive. Let’s go.”–one of his many lines from the movie.

With Freeman as the latest addition to Waze’s celebrity voice navigators (who include Kevin Hart, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stephen Colbert), we couldn’t help but think that it’s high time we had a Pinoy celebrity to guide our daily commute.

After being branded as the country with the worst traffic, we need to think of ways to make our commutes more, uhm, entertaining. Just imagine how interesting it woulf be to use Waze with these Pinoy voice navigators.

Gus Abelgas

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He will surely counter your road rage with his calculated, throaty narration. You’ll trust him, given that he only speaks based on evidence. “Ayon sa aming nakalaaaaap, may aksidenteeeee, sampung kilometrooooo, mula sayooooo.” Yes, you may feel chills that aren’t from your car’s airconditioning, but you’ll be assured of an exhilarating drive as you attempt to solve the mystery that is Metro traffic.

Michael Fajatin

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Sometimes you already know the best route, but you just feel like using the app. That’s what this voice will be perfect for. After being infamous for his, let’s just say ‘confusing’ reporting, he’d be perfect as the voice navigator you don’t want to follow. “Kakaliwa ka sa susunod na kanto. Pagtapos nito, aatras ka. Aatras ka bago lumiko pakaliwa. Pero kakanan ka muna. Tapos aatras ka pakaliwa.”

Caveat: this voice might forget the street names like he forgets his.

Mike Enriquez

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Save for his iconic high-pitched voice falling on wrong stresses and his signature “Excuse me po” quips, it’s interesting enough to be guided by the newscaster who seems to hear the news the same time as the audience.

“Naku, may banggaan pala dyan sa Timog. Ayan, kita mo, umuusok yung kotse. At ayan pa po, ayan, bumaba na yung drayBER. Wag ka na dumaan diyan.”

Hint: To stop this feature, just say, “Yes, Korina?”

Marc Logan

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Before there was FlipTop, Marc was already narrating light news in rhymes. His energetic voice and witty lines are what you need for a long commute.