Google is using dashcam footage in certain markets to improve Google Maps navigation, and it's not the privacy nightmare you expect.

Google quietly published an explanation on how it uses third-party dashcam images to monitor changing speed limits and more. Here's what to know

Click in the Search along the route box at the top of the map to look for tourist attractions, hotels, gas stations, restaurants, grocery stores, or whatever you need. You can browse the list of results and click Add stop next to anything that’s of interest—your route then gets modified accordingly.