The Waze alerts on Google Maps are just another harrowing reminder of our eventual foray into a buttonless future.

As spotted on Reddit, Google Maps has started flashing up pop-ups reporting incidents with a note that they’re from Waze users. In this case it was the police, and Google Maps was asking whether they were still there — a feature Google Maps has been offering for a while.

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,

The ability to report incidents is what made Waze popular in the first place, and while Maps has had this feature for a few years now, the Maps version isn't anywhere near as robust. As a result, Waze has developed a large number of dedicated users that take the time to report incidents.

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

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.

First previewed in July, the feature displays roadblocks reported by Waze drivers in the Google Maps app. You can dismiss them or add details based on your own journey.

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

Google Maps now shows reports from Waze on Android Auto, a feature that also just launched in the mobile app too.