Waze is testing alerts that will warn you when you're on a highway to the danger zone

Waze is testing a new feature that will give drivers a heads-up when they're driving on high-risk accident-prone roads.

By  Timi Cantisano Dec 28, 2022

Despite Google Maps and Apple Maps usually being front and center when it comes to navigation software, there is a "small" community of users that prefer to use Waze. The navigation app offers plenty of unique properties like navigation instructions spoken by celebrities and probably its best feature, contributions from the community that make the maps better and better every single day. Now it looks like Waze is testing a new feature that could help drivers steer clear of dangerous roads.

Google Maps Will Soon Allow You to Share Your ETA, Add a Shortcut to Routine Destinations, and Create a Map of Your Location History

A teardown of the Google Maps APK version 9.26 reveals upcoming changes allowing you to share your ETA with a contact and some more accessibility features.

By  Mishaal Rahman May 28, 2016

Although many of Google's first-party applications were given a nice update over the course of Google I/O, Google Maps was not one of them. There was a minor update that shipped with the new Android N developer preview which allowed you to see your contacts on Maps and to share your contributions, but apart from that nothing really major was brought to the table.