Germany is the latest country to add support for reporting incidents using Apple Maps. The feature was released with iOS 14.5 and is slowly rolling out globally.
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As spotted by Macerkopf, with this feature now live in Germany, users can report an accident and danger zones in a new menu in the app. Unfortunately, as a Reddit user spotted, it is not possible to use the speed control option, which is available in other countries.
So far, Australia, Brazil, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as a few other countries have the ability to report accidents using Apple Maps.
In February, when this feature started rolling out in the US:
Apple gives users a handful of different ways to report these hazards. First and foremost, you can use Siri to report hazards by simply saying, “Hey Siri, report an accident.” You can also report hazards, speed traps, and accidents using the Apple Maps interface in CarPlay
From the Apple Maps app on iPhone, you can start navigating, then swipe up from the bottom to find the new “Report” option. This is where you can find the new crowdsourcing features for reporting hazards.
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How to report hazards, speed checks, accidents in Apple Maps
- When driving while using Apple Maps navigation, use a Siri command like “there is a collision ahead”, “there is something on the road”, etc. will Siri confirm by saying something like “Ok, sending report”
- For passengers, you can manually report incidents
Tap the up arrow in the bottom right corner, then select Report
In Germany, you can choose “Accident” or “Hazard”
For accidents that are already showing up in Apple Maps, you can tap on them and choose between “Cleared” and “Still Here”
Information source: 9to5mac.com
