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

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.

Some Google Maps users are reporting seeing new traffic alerts from Waze, which marks a new crossover between the apps.

In late July, Google said it would bring a bunch of changes to the Maps app, including improved incident reporting. Google also said it would make it easier to log incident reports with assistance " from the Maps and Waze communities .