Google Maps ' mobile app now includes real - time data on traffic , too . Users ' reports of construction or road closures also will appear on the app . The information will come from the 50 million users of Waze , the social-mapping app that Google bought in June for $ 1.1 billion . The data comes via social - mapping platform Facebook , which Google launched this year .
Google Maps ' mobile app now includes real - time data on traffic , too . Users ' reports of construction or road closures also will appear on the app . The data comes via social - mapping platform Facebook , which Google launched this year .