Overview
- A new wave of user reports shows Google Maps is no longer displaying its green/yellow/red traffic lines on many Android Auto systems and on some phones.
- Affected drivers say the loss of the colored traffic overlay makes it harder to judge congestion and choose faster or safer routes.
- Some users temporarily restore traffic lines by uninstalling recent Google Maps updates, disabling automatic updates, or switching Maps to Overview mode, but those fixes are inconsistent.
- Community posts link the problem to last month's Immersive Navigation rollout for Android Auto, but Google has not verified any connection or issued a public statement.
- This follows a similar outage that Google fixed in July, leaving users and tech sites watching for an official patch and broader confirmation from Google.