Apple Maps just got the feature that made Waze so much better than Google Maps

[Chris Smith]

• Apple has rolled out a new Apple Maps feature with iOS 14.5 beta that iPhone users in the US can test out right now.
• Apple Maps supports incident reports, the signature feature that makes Waze so much better than Google Maps.
• Google has also added incident reports support to Google Maps after Waze made the feature so popular with drivers.

Google owns two popular navigation apps that are very different. Google Maps has been developed in house for more than 15 years and contains a slew of features that make it a great tool to have installed on your smartphone to navigate your area or a new city and discover new things to do. But Google purchased Waze a few years ago after the app became so popular with drivers. Waze came up with a concept to improve the navigation experience that took off immediately: Crowdsourced real-time information about the road ahead. Waze lets you report incident reports as they happen and see reports from other drivers using the app on the same route. This is the kind of feature that can dramatically improve navigation and offer faster routes when road issues are detected ahead. In recent years, Google has started moving incident reports to Google Maps as well, proving once again how popular the Waze feature really is. And in iOS 14.5 beta, Apple Maps now includes its own incident reports feature.

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Apple Maps just got the feature that made Waze so much better than Google Maps originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 10 Feb 2021 at 07:31:21 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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