This is what the accident report looks like

Although Android Auto improves the experience of using the mobile phone while driving precisely for the tasks that are useful to us while driving, there are still some outstanding issues in its essential applications (because they come as standard). For example, report an accident, traffic jam or other. This feature is already present in Waze and in fact it is a differentiating factor, but not yet on Google Maps.

However, its hours are numbered. After adding a new button to add stops in Google Maps on Android Auto and announcing the arrival of the incident reporting function, we were finally able to see the face of the new Android Auto Incident Notification System which is about to see the light of day with a widespread deployment. In fact, we have already been able to see it in action thanks to a user.

Here’s how “Report Incidents” works with Google Maps on Android Auto

A little context. It Incident reporting is a collaborative functionthat is, it is born thanks to users and helps other people who are driving at that moment. So, if someone encounters a traffic jam, a police check or an accident on their way and raises the alarm, other people are warned to take extreme precautions or even avoid that route. We have already seen this in the Google Maps and Waze communities (editor’s note: both applications belong to Google).

Google has announced that its new notification system will be implemented in Android Auto first in the United States and although this official and public deployment is not yet known, for now it is a Reddit user who shared the news when he found it in the infotainment system of his car. The accident report button is at your fingertips and perfectly integrated with the rest of the interface.

As you can see in the image, next to icons such as settings, volume and compass, a classic danger sign appears, in the form of a yellow triangle and an exclamation mark. So, All you have to do is press this button and a menu with options will appear such as an accident, traffic jams, roadworks, closed lanes, among others that are not shown in the image but probably correspond to those of the mobile application, such as a stopped vehicle, an object on the road and a speed check. Thus, by double-tapping the screen, we could record the incident on the road.

With no date for a general rollout, we hope it will be as soon as possible, given the great usefulness of this new feature.

Cover | Montage with photo by Eva Rodríguez de Luis and warning icons created by Aranagraphics – Flaticon

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