{"id":131326,"date":"2024-11-29T07:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T00:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131326"},"modified":"2024-11-29T07:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T00:34:24","slug":"google-maps-update-on-android-auto-makes-it-easy-to-report-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131326","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps update on Android Auto makes it easy to report police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/android-auto-dashboard-14.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"android auto google maps\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/android-auto-dashboard-14.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/android-auto-dashboard-14.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/android-auto-dashboard-14.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/android-auto-dashboard-14.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>A small tweak to Google Maps on Android Auto has a big impact on the usability of incident reporting when it comes to reporting police activity.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-651655\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After several years exclusive to mobile apps, Google Maps finally delivered support for incident reporting on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay earlier this year. The long-awaited feature isn\u2019t without its downsides, though, such as incompatibility with certain display types. Another annoyance at launch, though, was that users needed to swipe through a menu in order to access the most common report type \u2013 police activity.<\/p>\n<p>Through an update this week, Google Maps has shuffled the reporting menu, moving the reporting option for police activity to the top of the menu directly underneath more critical reports for crashes and traffic slowdowns.<\/p>\n<p>This came as Google <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/26\/google-maps-police-speed-trap-report\/\">also renamed the \u201cPolice\u201d option from its previous, too specific name of \u201cSpeed traps.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1667\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-651795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg 1667w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=155,93 155w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=700,420 700w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=768,461 768w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=1024,614 1024w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=1536,921 1536w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=350,210 350w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=130,78 130w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=140,84 140w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=1600,960 1600w, https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/google-maps-android-auto-police-report-1.jpg?resize=150,90 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1667px) 100vw, 1667px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>This change appears to be rolled out widely to all users, and also seems to be a server-side update requiring no updates to Android Auto itself.<\/p>\n<p>This should also apply to the Google Maps app on Apple CarPlay.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-on-android-auto\">More on Android Auto:<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Ben:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nexusben.com\">Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Zgmxxi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-651096\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/ROBOROCK-BF-BANNER-750-x-1501.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/28\/google-maps-android-auto-police-update\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small tweak to Google Maps on Android Auto has a big impact on the usability of incident reporting when it comes to reporting police activity. 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