Google Maps, the best feature of Waze comes: the incident report

One of the iconic features of Waze, the social navigation system that Google acquired more than five years ago, is also available on Google Maps. The mapping application of Google has already implemented on some customers the report in real time incidents, and not only, users . These can report not only incidents during navigation along the route, but also work in progress, times, and slowdowns, such as on Waze.

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The feature has been spotted by Android Police inside their usual "disbadembly" of the APK of a client update for android. In those days, however, the feature has reached the first users probably in a final phase of testing before deployment to the general public. There is still no formalization of the news, and we do not know exactly when and on which aircraft the report accidents, slowdowns and work in progress arrives on Google Maps .

Google Maps and Waze Now Belong to While Maps is the pre-installed solution on most Android devices, some users prefer to use Waze only for the social features present and for the ability to view reports in real time through users. But the arrival of real-time reports also on Google Maps will mark an inevitable decline for the sister application?

In our opinion no, since Waze will continue to address drivers, while Google Maps offers a full-service navigation and exploration service that also includes transit, walking or walking routes. bike, as well as suggestions on places to visit throughout the day and information on activities in the area. Google invests in the world of "navigation" even on outside services to the two major ones that it has under its hat.

Last month the Area 120 Incubator, also Google, made a sort of alternative to Waze regarding the New York subway, which allows users to report delays and the incidents on the different lines . Since more than 500 people have been launched, they have used the reporting function, which shows how the contribution of users can be exploited under very different circumstances, not just for traffic problems.