One of the features most valued by Waze users is reports on traffic incidents. These allow drivers predict situations It adjusts your routes in real time to avoid disruptions such as traffic jams, accidents or road closures. Google Maps now takes advantage of this resource.

As reported by 9to5Google, Google Maps has started showing traffic incidents triggered by Waze. The rollout of this innovation is being done gradually, but the first screenshots have already appeared of what the pop-up window that users will see when they receive such a notification in navigation mode will look like.

Google Maps navigation gets better with Waze

As the development team for both apps noted in the middle of this year, the first notifications are about police alerts. A screenshot shared by a user states: police presence Later” and invites drivers to verify the information or ignore the message.

One detail that cannot be overlooked is that Google Maps will mention it when a warning information comes from Waze. Note that the updated Google Maps interface for iOS and Android also allows you to add traffic incident reports. Combining data should provide users with a better experience.

Waze Incident Reports on Google Maps

As time goes on, other types of alerts will come, such as accidents, traffic jams, road hazards, and more. Google Maps uses this data for now ten years later it’s in Google’s hands. The Mountain View giant acquired Waze in 2013 for more than $1 billion but did not merge the apps.

Google Maps and Waze continued their separate paths and added their own new features, creating a significant difference from each other. However, Google decided to unite the development teams of both applications under the name “Geo” in 2022. He did this in the midst of serious restructuring that took place that year.

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