While specialized apps like Watch Duty focus specifically on fire tracking, Google Maps' Crisis Alerts feature provides comprehensive emergency information accessible to anyone with a smartphone.

While speed limit indicators are now a standard feature in Google Maps, real-time alerts for speed cameras are not available everywhere. This limitation leaves drivers unaware of upcoming speed ...

Google Maps' navigation features can come in handy ... To adjust the traffic alerts volume level, once you've started directions to a location, tap the volume icon on the right side of the screen.

At the end of last year, we saw the ability to report police sightings on Google Maps. And now some more alerts have started cropping up. So far, they've only been seen on Android Auto dashboards ...