The Waze alerts on Google Maps are just another harrowing reminder of our eventual foray into a buttonless future.

Waze police reports landed in Google Maps on mobile devices earlier this week; the same feature is now live on Android Auto

The ability to report incidents is what made Waze popular in the first place, and while Maps has had this feature for a few years now, the Maps version isn't anywhere near as robust. As a result, Waze has developed a large number of dedicated users that take the time to report incidents.

Google acquired Waze more than a decade ago, and it is finally leveraging one of Waze's most popular tools. Drivers using Google Maps in Android Auto will begin to see reporting data from Waze users. The ability to see reports from other drivers has always been one of the biggest appeals of Waze, after all.

Google Maps is now starting to show Waze incident reports while you navigate and includes the ability to contribute by confirming road conditions in the app via prompts. Google announced in July that both apps would cross-pollinate more data,

Way back in 2013, Google acquired the map startup Waze. Fast forward just 11 years and one of Waze's stand-out features is finally being rolled out to Google Maps.

Google has started integrating Waze’s crowdsourced incident reports into Google Maps, starting with police alerts.

The navigation app has been adding more information about traffic cameras and user-provided road-condition reports.

Incident reports contributed by Waze users are appearing inside Google Maps. This cross-platform report-sharing update is available for users globally.

In late July, Google said it would bring a bunch of changes to the Maps app, including improved incident reporting. Google also said it would make it easier to log incident reports with assistance " from the Maps and Waze communities .