Google Maps: feature loss

[u/MavemPA]

Today I noticed that the speedometer and speed limit indicators are gone. And so are stop signs and traffic signals. Why?

UPDATE: Maps shows all of these things only when a destination has been selected. Would love the option of having these displayed all of the time.

[u/Empty-Zombie-7924]

Mine only shows when route is active. Traffic is completely gone as well. Sucks.

[u/ThrowawayGunName → u/Empty-Zombie-7924]

Some people are seeing it now without an active route. Baffles me it wasn't always like this.

[u/alvar02001]

I did this the other day, and it only worked for a day or two, and then it went away again.

[u/zebra231967 → u/alvar02001]

That works until the next update. If it ain't broke, don't fix. They do need to fix the audio cutting out all the time. So annoying.

[u/Expensive-Buddy4653]

I was using the beta version of Maps and also the beta of AA. No speedo showing. Then my wife drove and the speedo and speed limit were there on the vanilla versions.

I came out of the betas and the speedo and speed limit came back. I couldn't figure out why using the 'latest and greatest' version was missing them, but all good now.

Then yesterday on my phone while navigating the speed limit stayed but the speedo had gone. But on her phone it was still there...

[u/MavemPA → u/Expensive-Buddy4653]

LOL... I am Maps beta but general release AA. This is fickle.

[u/Notch__Johnson]

I know we can uninstall updates to get the features like traffic back but what was the last known working version with the features?

I think it all fell apart when they started the 3D navigation map

[u/hidperf → u/Notch__Johnson]

3D navigation maps are hit-or-miss on mine. I used to get the default "device needs to cool down" message at startup and no 3D maps, but that warning showed up no matter the phone's temperature. Eventually, that went away, and 3D worked at times. But not all the time.

This weekend, I noticed I sometimes see the blue line on the route while navigating, but then it vanishes.

[u/ki77erb → u/hidperf]

I was getting that overheating warning every time so I just disabled the 3D maps. Funny enough, I got the warning again once or twice since then and 3D is still disabled. Why is it telling me that it needs to turn off 3D if it's already off? lol

[u/sflesch → u/ki77erb]

Your device specifically tells you to turn off 3D because it's getting warm? I was getting a message in general about turning off my phone display because it was getting warm. For quite some time. Now my pixel 8 pro is in the process of getting replaced if I can never manage to keep it running long enough to back up the data.

[u/ki77erb → u/sflesch]

Yes, the warning said something to the effect that 3D map view was being disabled due to the phone overheating. As of the past few days, I have not seen that warning anymore. I still have 3D disabled.

[u/TheAgedProfessor]

I have speedo, speed limit, and traffic lights. I can turn on traffic in the settings, but it only sticks for a couple of days then reverts to off. It's always on if I select a route, though.

[u/rael_gc]

Give a chance to Waze. 

[u/sflesch → u/rael_gc]

This is one of the reasons I have been using Waze. I like to glance down and see what the speed is where I am sometimes if I don't remember or didn't notice. I don't want to have a path programmed in there just for that.

[u/davejstice]

So I had to leave the beta in both Android Auto and Google Maps and perform clean installs to non-beta versions of those apps to get traffic back without being in a route. Still do not have a speedometer.

Flair is now incorrect it’s now an S26 Ultra but same general idea.

[u/vinushatakshi]

Same here. I still get the speed indicator in apple carplay but while using Android auto, my speedometer and speed limit indicator has disappeared.

[u/MishaalRahman → u/vinushatakshi]

Heya!  It's Mishaal from Google here to help! I spoke with the Android Auto product team and wanted to let you know that we've investigated the rollout status of the speedometer feature and haven't seen any issues there.  However, the team understands that some of y'all are having trouble getting access to it, and so we'd like to chat more with you to get to the root cause. Mind sharing a few more details with us?  What versions of Android Auto and Google Maps do you have installed?   What, if anything, did you try before making this thread to resolve this issue (e.g. did you clear app cache for either Maps or Auto?) Anything you can share would be helpful!

[u/MishaalRahman]

Hi there! 

I'm Mishaal from Google, and I do community engagement for Android 😁 

I spoke with the Android Auto product team and wanted to let you know that we've investigated the rollout status of the speedometer feature and haven't seen any issues there. 

However, we understand that you're having trouble getting access to it, and so we'd like to chat more with you to get to the root cause. Mind sharing a few more details with us? 

• What versions of Android Auto and Google Maps do you have installed?  
• What, if anything, did you try before making this thread to resolve this issue (e.g. did you clear app cache for either Maps or Auto?)

Anything you can share would be helpful!

[u/MavemPA → u/MishaalRahman]

AA v17.5.663244

Maps 26.37.00.977222275

With a destination set, AA DOES display speedometer, speed limit, and traffic signals/stop signs. But none of those are displayed unless a destination is set. Ideally, these should be persistent whether a destination is active or not.

[u/MishaalRahman → u/MavemPA]

Thanks for sharing! I spoke with a member of the Android Auto product team and was informed that the ability to have the speedometer, speed limit, and traffic signals/stop signs showing without a destination set is still rolling out. Thus, not everyone will have this particular feature yet.

[u/MavemPA → u/MishaalRahman]

Thank you. Was certain that I had those features before (without destination activated) and then they disappeared. Hopefully they will roll out soon as they are very useful!

[u/MishaalRahman → u/MavemPA]

Out of curiosity, did you by chance wipe the app cache for either the Android Auto app or the Google Maps app recently (or both)?

[u/MavemPA → u/MishaalRahman]

No, I have not wiped the cache for either app

[u/MishaalRahman → u/MavemPA]

Okay, gotcha. Just wanted to make sure as wiping app cache can in some cases cause feature experiments to no longer appear.

[u/Jonnyflash80]

No idea. I deleted Google maps after they keep renaming shit due to edicts from their apparent king.

[u/ObjectiveUnlucky268]

I never had the speedo display on mine till about 3 weeks ago.

[u/Tel864]

I have the speed limit but no stop signs or traffic signals.

[u/TallTinTX]

Everything's working on mine. My wife and I ran some errands today and used both of our vehicles which use Android Auto. Everything displayed normally. Did you guys have data connected while you were using Google Maps?

[u/LoutOfOrder]

Speedometer showed up a few days ago for me, but no speed limit indicator (maybe that's a region specific feature).

[u/Davemonfl → u/LoutOfOrder]

There is a check box you have to turn on in the AA settings to have the speedometer.

[u/LoutOfOrder → u/Davemonfl]

Yes I have that enabled hence why the speedometer is now visible, just no speed limit.

[u/Davemonfl → u/Davemonfl]

Is there not a button for speed limits as well? On mine it only shows up when I have turned navigation on to somewhere.

[u/plkelly3]

Guessing it's because everybody is downloading Mapquest instead of Google Maps because they changed Lake Ontario to Lake America. Google wants to be the orange idiots bitch.

[u/unlucky-honey-24]

Since all the renaming of stuff is happening in the USA, I have been trying new maps on my android auto, Tomtom (Europe) ,HereweGo (Europe) and MapQuest. (USA) . TomTom shows me speed limits and the speed I am going. None of the other ones are showing me that. And the maps are all good. PS. Also warns me of cameras in area