{"id":285489,"date":"2024-07-19T12:36:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=336320"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:10:01","slug":"google-maps-has-just-added-a-key-feature-that-was-missing-in-carplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-maps-has-just-added-a-key-feature-that-was-missing-in-carplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps has just added a key feature that was missing in CarPlay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, <strong>you can use Google Maps to report something on the road<\/strong> (an accident, a speed control, roadworks) <strong>through Apple CarPlay<\/strong>, although for some reason the feature is still missing on Google&#8217;s Android Auto platform.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Maps\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/95612986-96d5-11e6-af7c-00163ec9f5fa\/2801963717\/google-maps-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Maps<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/07\/18\/google-maps-carplay-incident-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"9to5Google\">9to5Google<\/a>, <strong>CarPlay users have started to see this functionality in their vehicles,<\/strong> although it doesn&#8217;t seem to be available for everyone yet. If it is available, you should see a triangular danger symbol to the right of the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has taken a long time to arrive: <strong>the reporting feature has been available on Google Maps on Android and iOS since 2019<\/strong>, so it&#8217;s a mystery why it disappears as soon as you connect your phone to a car dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An update for Android Auto may be imminent as well,<\/strong> although we haven&#8217;t seen any signs of it yet and Google Maps doesn&#8217;t always maintain feature parity in terms of what it offers on CarPlay and what it offers on its own Android Auto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Google Maps adding incident reports on Apple CarPlay, but still not on Android Auto <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A7IIB0AJcx\">https:\/\/t.co\/A7IIB0AJcx<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nexusben<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 9to5Mac (@9to5mac) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9to5mac\/status\/1813937003102142909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keeping drivers informed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>User reports are a useful way to keep drivers informed about the conditions of their journey<\/strong>: you can send reports on Apple Maps and Waze (now owned by Google), as well as on Google Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Apple Maps and Waze have been allowing users to submit these reports through the car dashboard and phone screen for some time now. <strong>Considering how many people are now using Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, it seems like an obvious option to add.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Maps\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/95612986-96d5-11e6-af7c-00163ec9f5fa\/2801963717\/google-maps-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Maps<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe we should be grateful that Google is finally updating the Google Maps interface on Apple CarPlay; let&#8217;s hope a similar update for drivers connecting to Android Auto is not too far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The more people can report accidents, slowdowns, lane closures, speed traps, etc., the better for drivers<\/strong> who have to adapt their routes. With Android 15 about to be released, we may see more improvements for Google Maps at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally, you can use Google Maps to report something on the road (an accident, a speed control, roadworks) through Apple CarPlay, although for some reason the feature is still missing on Google&#8217;s Android Auto platform. According to 9to5Google, CarPlay users have started to see this functionality in their vehicles, although it doesn&#8217;t seem to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-maps-has-just-added-a-key-feature-that-was-missing-in-carplay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Maps has just added a key feature that was missing in CarPlay&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":285491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2346],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-285489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-maps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312201,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285489\/revisions\/312201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285489"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=285489"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=285489"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=285489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}