After years of us calling for the characteristic to be added and over two months after it was introduced, Google Maps is lastly rolling out help for incident reporting on Android Auto.
Incident reporting first launched on Google Maps a couple of years in the past, however the characteristic has lengthy been restricted to cellular gadgets solely, to the detriment of the characteristic’s utility. That lastly began to alter when, in July of this 12 months, Google added the characteristic on Apple’s CarPlay. Shortly after, the characteristic was introduced for Android Auto in India, after which for all customers. Nevertheless, regardless of the rollout being introduced in July, by the tip of September it was nonetheless lacking in motion.
Lastly, although, Google appears to have flipped the change.
Over the previous 48 hours, we’re seeing vast studies, together with on Reddit, that incident reporting is now accessible to Android Auto customers via the Google Maps app. We’ve noticed it reside in our testing as properly.
As we reported earlier this month when the primary few customers began seeing the characteristic, it’s accessible via a brand new triangle hazard button that seems beneath the compass. On urgent that, you’ll get reporting choices for varied highway hazards comparable to crashes, visitors jams, development, lane closures, and velocity traps.
Curiously, we famous that this icon gained’t seem if Android Auto’s dashboard format doesn’t give Maps sufficient vertical area (the screenshots beneath are utilizing Maps on a 105 DPI set via AAWireless, the place 110 eliminated the icon).
As soon as incident reporting is reside, you’ll additionally get prompts to verify whether or not or not highway hazards are nonetheless in place alongside your route.
Are you seeing incident studies reside on Google Maps in your automobile? Tell us within the feedback if the long-awaited Android Auto replace has lastly arrived for you.
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