Over a decade after Google purchased Waze, the search big is lastly utilizing reporting information from the crowdsourced navigation app inside Google Maps and, because it seems, that works on Android Auto too.
The enchantment of Waze has at all times been the flexibility to see reviews from different drivers on the highway concerning upcoming situations or incidents. Maybe most helpful for a lot of, although, is the flexibility to mark the situation of police exercise, comparable to a hidden pace entice. Google Maps launched its personal reporting system a number of years in the past, however the app only recently put more emphasis on the functionality, together with bringing it to automobile platforms such as Android Auto, CarPlay, and Android Automotive.
Earlier this yr, Google additionally confirmed plans to begin utilizing reporting information from Waze inside Maps, permitting customers in Google Maps to see reviews from a extra lively neighborhood of drivers. That has lastly began rolling out, months later, as we reported at the end of the November.
Considerably unexpectedly, this performance additionally works on Android Auto.
The Google Maps app on Android Auto helps displaying Waze reviews, simply because the cell app does. Like on cell, a message saying that the report is “from Waze drivers” seems beneath the report kind. The performance was spotted by Alex Mullis on Threads, although it’s unclear how broadly accessible that is provided that even on cell it’s not displaying for everybody.
Presumably this additionally applies to Google Maps on Apple CarPlay.
Google additionally not too long ago up to date how reporting on Maps on Android Auto works ever so barely, making it much easier to report police activity. These reviews from Waze must also seem even when your vehicle’s display prevents Maps from letting you make reports.
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