Google Maps finally pushes Waze reports to Android Auto
Google promised to incorporate Waze data into Maps in July, over a decade after Mountain View acquired the crowd-sourcing sat-nav platform. The first features finally hit Android Auto.
Police reports are now popping up on the vehicle screen, as we found out while commuting to the GSMArena HQ, but the reports don't say whether it is a speed trap or something else.
The rollout of Waze features to Google Maps and Android Auto is still gradual, and only a few users will see the feature. Google promised it would start with police reports, but other types of publicly sourced incidents will also appear.
There was also mention of Maps on Apple CarPlay, meaning users with iOS devices should also start receiving the reports in their cars. The feature was already available in the Maps mobile app; it is the appearance on Android Auto and Android Automotive that is new.
Reader comments
- Pumpino
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You can set Google Maps to avoid freeways! I've found over the last few days that Google Maps is reporting mobile speed cameras that aren't there. They've been constant. I look on both sides of the road when it says 100m, and ther...
- sasnak
- kDa
This has appeared for a couple of months now on my Android Google Maps. I complained about it twice now to Google because it's incredibly distracting and they tend to pop up at the worst times and it covers too much territory on the screen and t...
- Nico
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I've been using Waze on android auto since a few days after I got it. Google maps just isn't as featured. No speed limit HUD, no traffic indicators, no construction warnings. Can't even set google maps to avoid freeways. Another...
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