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. As first noticed by 9to5Google, users are reporting that community reports from Waze are starting to roll out within Google Maps as well.

Google Maps and Waze are making good on updates that were promised back in July. The services, both owned by Alphabet, are offering more information to drivers about traffic cameras, car crashes and speed traps that users on both apps can report or respond to.

Waze incident alerts, like police presence warnings, are showing up on Google Maps, with a clear note that they came from Waze users. Users can confirm or dismiss these alerts, which pop up briefly to keep the map clean. The feature is still rolling out slowly, with only a few users noticing it, and its regional availability is unclear.

The Google Maps app has started receiving the incident reports feature from Waze. Are we coming closer to full integration?

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

This comes after Google Maps replaced speed traps with a Police option in the incident reporting menu last week. This feature was also first announced by Google in late July, along with a handful of other upgrades to both Maps and Waze, some of which we touched on above.

We're not sure why it took so long to implement, but Google Maps users can now see Waze's (arguably superior) crowd-sourced incident report markers on their navigation routes.

The search company has kicked off the rollout of what could be the biggest navigation update for Google Maps in many years

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,

Waze incident reports have begun to appear on Google Maps. Google announced the feature back in July, but widespread availability is currently unclear. Google recently updated Google Maps to make incident reporting easier for drivers.