Over a decade after Google purchased Waze, the search big is lastly utilizing reporting knowledge from the crowdsourced navigation app inside Google Maps and, because it seems, that works on Android Auto too.
The attraction of Waze has all the time been the flexibility to see studies from different drivers on the highway relating to upcoming situations or incidents. Maybe most helpful for a lot of, although, is the flexibility to mark the placement of police exercise, resembling a hidden pace lure. Google Maps launched its personal reporting system a number of years in the past, however the app solely just lately put extra emphasis on the performance, together with bringing it to automotive platforms resembling Android Auto, CarPlay, and Android Automotive.
Earlier this 12 months, Google additionally confirmed plans to begin utilizing reporting knowledge from Waze inside Maps, permitting customers in Google Maps to see studies from a extra lively neighborhood of drivers. That has lastly began rolling out, months later, as we reported on the finish of the November.
Considerably unexpectedly, this performance additionally works on Android Auto.
The Google Maps app on Android Auto helps exhibiting Waze studies, simply because the cell app does. Like on cell, a message saying that the report is “from Waze drivers” seems beneath the report sort. The performance was noticed by Alex Mullis on Threads, although it’s unclear how broadly obtainable that is provided that even on cell it’s not exhibiting for everybody.
Presumably this additionally applies to Google Maps on Apple CarPlay.
Google additionally just lately up to date how reporting on Maps on Android Auto works ever so barely, making it a lot simpler to report police exercise. These studies from Waze also needs to seem even when your car’s show prevents Maps from letting you make studies.
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