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The 41-year-old, Roger Federer, has retired from tennis. And after leaving the tennis court, the Swiss Maestro has kept himself busy by investing his time and energy in various business ventures. This time, he struck a lucrative partnership agreement with Waze, the Google-owned business that also developed Google Maps.

Now fans, who missed him, can hear him giving directions while they navigate their way through uncharted territory.

Roger Federer becomes the new voice of a popular navigation app 

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Many wanted to hear the 20-time Grand Slam Champion’s voice this summer as they were expecting him to take up the role of a commentator, after making an exit from the tennis circuit last year. But, for now, the commentator’s role is on hold, and the fans still have an opportunity to listen to his voice. The Google-owned navigating company recently launched an update as a part of a partnership with the Swiss ace. 

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Waze is a popular navigation app that regularly gets special edition content created by the parent company in partnership with a lot of celebrities across the world, and this time the celebrity is none other than the tennis legend itself. 

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According to Autoevolution reports, the 20-time Grand Slam champion added his own voice to the app. He also has a variety of personalized instructions that users may hear while using the Fantastic Federer’s voice feature. The $1,300,000,000 app features instructions from the Swiss tennis legend in English, German, and French for his followers. 

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It’s not clear, though, whether the former world number one tennis player is collaborating with the navigation app on a long-term business deal. Additionally, the navigation app is currently experiencing numerous bug issues. Some of which are severe enough to affect the app’s voice commands and other crucial capabilities, making them a serious flaw. 

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In the interim, it’s feasible that their association with the tennis star may attract more users, enabling them to build a stronger foundation for the navigation app.

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Furthermore, looking into the broader picture along with doing work for his foundation, he has outstanding relationship agreements with Rolex, On-Running, and Switzerland tourism. However, his collaboration with the well-known navigational app is not his only recent business deal.  Just a month ago in April, he made a deal with Oliver Peoples, to create some amazing sunglasses design. In addition, with this shades deal he is all set to expand his RF collection to a whole different level.

What do you think of Federer’s new involvement with a navigation app?  How excited are you to receive directions from the Swiss Maestro himself? Let us know in the comments below.