Ive been driving around more than usual this holiday season.
Because if not now, then when?
Ive seen alerts like this before, but not this big.
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I thought to myself, this must be the final wave ofWaze featuresintegrated into Google Maps.
Waze has always been popular among commuters because of its community-submitted reports.
The alert feature is now embedded into Google Maps, similar to how youve interacted with it on Waze.
An alert will go off, and a box will pop up.
It will ask if the incident ahead is still there or has been cleared.
Then, youll have some time to respond by selecting an option.
This is the part where it started to get distracting.
At first, it was helpfulI have a lead foot and want to know about speed traps!
My husband also found it distracting while driving and snarked about wanting it to turn off.
The problem here is not with Waze and this particular set of features.
Theres something that preceded it.
That touchscreen is slower than smartphone interaction and requires an actual press for the interface to notice.
It continues to frustrate me years later while Im driving.
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