Google Maps Brings New Waze Feature into its App

Being able to report incidents on the road, like traffic jams and accidents, has been a staple of Google-owned Waze for years, but it’s only recently been making its way into the main Google Maps app, and even then, just one feature at a time.

Now, according to 9to5Google, incident reporting has been updated in the latest version of the Android app and the latest feature to make it onto the app is reporting traffic slowdowns. Prior to today, you were able to report crashes, police checkpoints, and speed cameras. but there was no option for manually inputting a traffic jam for other users to see.

9to5Google notes that the feature should be rolling out this week. It’s not clear if it’s just arriving for Android users, or if iOS users will be getting the feature sometime soon as well. Google was not immediately available for comment on the feature’s availability.

Google Maps incident reporting was first added back in December after the feature was detailed numerous times in APK teardowns earlier in the year. The feature isn’t available to everyone, so it’s not clear how wide the rollout of a specific function within the incident reporting feature will be. Still, once it does arrive, Google Maps should get a much more useful, thanks to user-reported incidents on the road.

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