It’s been a protracted highway, however incident stories are lastly coming to Google Maps on Android Auto. As the complete rollout takes its candy time, we’re lastly getting a more in-depth take a look at how the performance will truly work.

Google Maps first added incident stories just a few years in the past as a manner for drivers to warn others on the highway of crashes, pace traps, and different incidents alongside the highway. However as extra drivers have shifted to utilizing their automobile’s show, the performance has turn into much less helpful as Google Maps on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay lacked the flexibility to make a brand new report, solely having the ability to see current ones.

In July, Google lastly began to alter this, bringing incident stories to CarPlay, however not Android Auto on the time. Not lengthy after, Android Auto customers in India began gaining access to the function. By the top of July, Google had introduced {that a} revamped incident stories system would launch on Maps throughout all platforms, together with on Android Auto.

Within the roughly month and a half since that announcement, although, the rollout has seemingly simply not been taking place, as hardly any customers are seeing the performance dwell. Lastly, although, we’re getting a more in-depth take a look at the way it will truly work.

An Android Auto consumer on Reddit at the moment noticed that incident stories in Google Maps are dwell of their automobile, with a yellow triangle with a “+” icon showing beneath current icons for Settings, audio steering, the compass, and the zoom buttons. Tapping on that icon reveals choices to “add a report” for a crash, slowdown, building, lane closure, in addition to stalled automobile, object on highway, and pace entice, as are usually not pictured within the picture that was shared however do seem within the Maps app on cellular units.

This comes alongside a wider rollout of the brand new incident reporting system by the cellular app.

It’s unclear why the rollout of this function is taking so lengthy, however we’re glad to lastly see some progress. For those who’re seeing incident stories on Android Auto, tell us within the feedback beneath!

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