This is how accident reporting will work in Android Auto

It’s no secret that the platform Android Auto many important features were missing from the start. Society Google however, she gradually added a large part of them. Now finally, after a long-term criticism of users, she will add to Google Maps pre Android Auto also report on traffic incidents. Portal 9to5Google approximated what it would look like.

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The new feature is currently only available to a few users

Alone Google Maps have been supporting traffic incident reports for several years. It’s a useful way for drivers to warn others on the road about accidents, speed traps and other traffic incidents. However, today drivers mostly control their smartphone through the display of their car using platforms Android Auto a Apple CarPlay.

Unfortunately for them, Google Maps didn’t support this feature for a very long time. However, in July Google finally announced the possibility of reporting incidents for CarPlay and a few days later for Android Auto. Despite the fact that almost two months have passed since then, he still has access to the news only a few users. Thanks to them, at least now we know how incident reporting should look like in Android Auto.

Below the existing icons for settings, sound, compass and zoom buttons will appear yellow triangle with the icon “+“. After clicking on this icon, the option to add a report will be displayed crash, slowdown, construction, lane closure, parked vehicle or object on the road. Clicking on one of these options will then send it reporting about a traffic incident to another Google Maps user. This is a simple method that should not distract too much from driving.