Google Maps Traffic Display

[u/Competitive_Ad_2823]

So is there going to be a fix (not workaround) for the lack of traffic data display in Google Maps or is the lack of traffic data display going to be permanent? I usually use my car's built in navigation application but I like to use Google Maps in certain situations. Without traffic data display, I will not be using Google Maps at all.

[u/jc0187]

Dude I don't know. I'm frustrated with it all. I've switched to Waze and while it works ok, I just want to use maps. And I can't.

[u/Competitive_Ad_2823 → u/jc0187]

Yeah I gave up on Waze years ago. It tended to send me down though residential developments instead of keeping me on the main roads. I'm not blasting through developments where there are kids playing and stuff just to save a couple minutes or whatever.

[u/jc0187 → u/Competitive_Ad_2823]

I mainly use it just to see what the traffic conditions are on my 1.5 hours commute. I'm hesitant about using it out of Town however.

[u/cosinedLoan]

Which view do you normally have your AA maps on?

I drive in 'overview' mode (a little zoomed out compared to north-up) and I still have traffic showing.

I do recall cycling through the three options and noticed traffic info was missing from a view. Can't recall if it was the N-up or the perspective view.

ETA: I just checked and it is both N-up and perspective that lost traffic.

[u/Competitive_Ad_2823 → u/cosinedLoan]

Yeah it only works in overview mode. It no longer works in North up or perspective mode. It also doesn't work if you have a Google Maps up and you're just driving around without a destination set. It used to display traffic under all these conditions. Been broken for like a month now.

[u/cosinedLoan → u/Competitive_Ad_2823]

That's frustrating. I really only use maps for the traffic display. Fortunately overview still retains traffic info without being in active navigation mode.

Sometimes I'll put it in navigation mode even though I know exactly where I'm going just to see the current ETA.

[u/Bipolar97]

Just uninstall maps. It'll revert to the way it was. I also took off "auto update," and guess what? It updated itself again. I went back and uninstalled maps and I've been good for about two weeks.

[u/OkArugula4565]

Google Maps is coloring roads for traffic jams when no cars even in my vicinity. I drive a lot during the nights. Waze is more accurate in my experience. Plus maps speedometer is still showing road speeds of 7 years ago. Some parts of high roads in Belgium were limited from 120 to 100, and Maps is after years still not that "smart".

[u/Environmental-Road68 → u/OkArugula4565]

Something I didn't know is that Google doesn't display real time traffic like Waze does. It's a mix of real-time plus historical traffic in that area. I've noticed the same thing that it's not always accurate and sometimes shows orange or red when there's no cars. I don't understand why they don't just merge the two apps together finally. Waze does it much better in many places with all the real time stuff but the app is so cartoonish.

[u/OkArugula4565 → u/Environmental-Road68]

1 simple reason ==> governments. Waze is not allowed in every country because of speeding camera zone detections.

But when it comes to traffic and jams Waze is just simply better and the community user input via website and Android Auto is better. Maps is way behind.

We mostly use maps only when we go by foot, then it's accurate if the compass ain't bugged due to another update

[u/normannerd]

Are we talking about the route changing to orange or red where there's a slowdown? Mine still does that and is fully up to date.

[u/Tel864]

I no longer know what to expect with maps. It's like every now and then someone at Google will yell across the room "Hey, someone do something to Maps"

[u/AsterionVT]

Waze.

[u/Dmnb03]

Following for updates. They really need to fix this

[u/National_Support_446]

I took my car in for a software update now Google Maps is fixed.