Google Maps is dropping speed camera warnings on routes

It took them a long time to get there and, for sure, the drivers will really miss them. radar alerts along the route they take Google Maps from 2019 and they are an extremely useful tool for knowing when you might be fined for exceeding the speed limit. However, these notifications started disappearing from the application.

According to Android Authority, Google Removed the ability to report the presence of radar on the road from the mobile application. The change took place in the United States and has not yet reached Spain, although it is expected to do so soon. The ability to signal the radar so that other users of the application know their location, has been replaced by the much more generic word “Police”.

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In addition to “Radar”options that the application shows to the user so that he can contribute by reporting the incident: “Collision”, “Hold”, “Work”, “Lane Crossing”, “Emergency Vehicle” and “Object on the Road”.. According to media reports, with this update Google intends to prohibit the use of the “Radar” option for report situations with police presence that do not match the radarlike, for example, an officer directing traffic at a given time.

It’s unclear whether this means the app’s current speed camera signs will be replaced with “Police” signs immediately. or will it be something that happens over timeas users report new radar locations that will be registered under the new label.

It’s true that “Police” has the same deterrent power as the old label, but many drivers probably won’t like the changes. because it gives less accurate information.

An image of the new incident reporting menu posted by Android Police also shows the decision Google has made. give more importance to this categorywhich moves from the last of all options to the third position after Clash and Hold. As a last resort, this change It will also come to Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.. The latter uses Apple Maps by default, but can also be replaced by Google Maps.

This change will surely make many users take a fresh look at Waze

eternal competitor to Google Maps for navigation, which was purchased by Google in 2013. Since then, Various Waze Featurescreated from the very beginning as a community of drivers who share information with each other, They switched to Maps. One of them was traffic alerts, which the Israeli-origin app has had almost since its launch in 2010.