How about adding speed limit without a destination, showing house/building numbers around you, traffic overlay without a destination, allow voice response to if reported hazards/speed traps/whatever is still there, better lane assistance, turn or which side the destination is on preview on the turn before so you know which lane to be in? Maybe a Recents list that doesn’t seem like it’s just a shuffle of a few random locations you’ve been to maybe once in the last 6 months?
Maybe some of that has been added somewhat recently?
On mobile apps? I just looked at a couple samplings of highways and there’s nothing. I started an actual route same area and it shows traffic density on the highway. I think Kid_Thunder is correct, it doesn’t show road usage if you don’t have a destination specified. Is what your saying for the web site specifically?
Maybe they’ll replace it with a few of the features of Waze but without ads, adds stuff that have been asked for by people for years and the Google Maps look, call it Google Ways and act like it’s going to be continued to be developed as Google Maps 2.0. Then Google Maps goes away but Google Ways never gets updated with anymore features.
All the competitors on the market lose a large part of their customer base now.
Then one day Google Maps makes a reappearance to replace Google Ways. You can now select an icon to represent your car but otherwise, it has no Waze features and has less features than the original Google Maps but they promise they’ll be porting those features over. They never do.
That’s pretty much the kind of thing I expect from Google.
There’s that midway sound setting that only makes noise if you screw up, but not every little turn. That also alerts for those things in my experience. It also welcomes me when I cross a state line which I think is sweet 😊
Would also love to have just an ETA without directions. I usually don’t need them commuting or going about town, but I keep them up anyway to keep track of time. Would love just an ETA widget.
They’d have to know where you’re going, and an eta only works if you follow the path it thinks you’re going to be taking. The best you can probably do is directions, but mute the alerts.
Yeah, that’s how I usually do it, just leaving it muted. I’d expect to continue to enter a destination. The ETA would update if I take a wrong turn, choose another route or get caught in traffic. Basically it should work exactly as it currently does, I just don’t want to have the map on the screen sometimes.
I’m still waiting for offline bicycle, transit and WALKING directions. Why can’t it tell me which way to walk without internet but it can tell me how to drive a car??
How about adding speed limit without a destination, showing house/building numbers around you, traffic overlay without a destination, allow voice response to if reported hazards/speed traps/whatever is still there, better lane assistance, turn or which side the destination is on preview on the turn before so you know which lane to be in? Maybe a Recents list that doesn’t seem like it’s just a shuffle of a few random locations you’ve been to maybe once in the last 6 months?
Maybe some of that has been added somewhat recently?
How about if you have a destination, find me a rest area/restaurant/whatever that is on the route. Not just around somewhere.
You can pretty well? The search along route feature works pretty well, sure there are a few things a little out of the way but not much
I didn’t even know this was a feature until now… It’s buried in the dropdown menu like setting an arrival time.
Traffic overlay without a destination has existed for years…
On mobile apps? I just looked at a couple samplings of highways and there’s nothing. I started an actual route same area and it shows traffic density on the highway. I think Kid_Thunder is correct, it doesn’t show road usage if you don’t have a destination specified. Is what your saying for the web site specifically?
It does. Tap the Overlay button (above the compass) and enable Traffic.
I wish it also showed the speed limit of the road you’re on even if you’re not actively navigating.
TBH I’d rather not see this at all because, in my experience, it’s either inaccurate or missing for most roads.
Ah sometimes it’s just knowing an option is there. Thank you kind internet stranger
Sure hasn’t! Would be nice to add speed traps and hazards from Android auto too
Maybe they’ll replace it with a few of the features of Waze but without ads, adds stuff that have been asked for by people for years and the Google Maps look, call it Google Ways and act like it’s going to be continued to be developed as Google Maps 2.0. Then Google Maps goes away but Google Ways never gets updated with anymore features.
All the competitors on the market lose a large part of their customer base now.
Then one day Google Maps makes a reappearance to replace Google Ways. You can now select an icon to represent your car but otherwise, it has no Waze features and has less features than the original Google Maps but they promise they’ll be porting those features over. They never do.
That’s pretty much the kind of thing I expect from Google.
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Isn’t that already an option - alerts only?
What other alerts pop up? KFC ahead?
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There’s that midway sound setting that only makes noise if you screw up, but not every little turn. That also alerts for those things in my experience. It also welcomes me when I cross a state line which I think is sweet 😊
Would also love to have just an ETA without directions. I usually don’t need them commuting or going about town, but I keep them up anyway to keep track of time. Would love just an ETA widget.
They’d have to know where you’re going, and an eta only works if you follow the path it thinks you’re going to be taking. The best you can probably do is directions, but mute the alerts.
Yeah, that’s how I usually do it, just leaving it muted. I’d expect to continue to enter a destination. The ETA would update if I take a wrong turn, choose another route or get caught in traffic. Basically it should work exactly as it currently does, I just don’t want to have the map on the screen sometimes.
I’m still waiting for offline bicycle, transit and WALKING directions. Why can’t it tell me which way to walk without internet but it can tell me how to drive a car??