The Waze alerts on Google Maps are just another harrowing reminder of our eventual foray into a buttonless future.

Waze police reports landed in Google Maps on mobile devices earlier this week; the same feature is now live on Android Auto

Google has started integrating Waze’s crowdsourced incident reports into Google Maps, starting with police alerts.

Conversely, Waze, which focuses on detailed traffic conditions and has 151 million users as of late 2022, gains greater visibility through Google Maps’ broader reach. For users, this collaboration is already evident.

The ability to report incidents is what made Waze popular in the first place, and while Maps has had this feature for a few years now, the Maps version isn't anywhere near as robust. As a result, Waze has developed a large number of dedicated users that take the time to report incidents.

Google Maps is now starting to show Waze incident reports while you navigate and includes the ability to contribute by confirming road conditions in the app via prompts. Google announced in July that both apps would cross-pollinate more data,

In late July, Google said it would bring a bunch of changes to the Maps app, including improved incident reporting. Google also said it would make it easier to log incident reports with assistance " from the Maps and Waze communities .