Quick Tip: How To use Windows Maps App to Track Traffic Conditions

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

December 21, 2016

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Quick Tip: How To use Windows Maps App to Track Traffic Conditions

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I recently shared on social media how I am aware that having an app for every single service you use means you have a lot of apps on your device whether it is a PC, tablet or mobile machine.

Although it is not always possible to merge multiple services into the same app like your banks or social media accounts, there is at least one area this is possible and makes sense - maps and traffic.

In Windows 10, one of the in-box apps, Windows Maps, not only serves up directions and business based searches but it also incorporates traffic conditions including notifications for travel times based on your home and work locations.

Since it is a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app you get the same services across all Windows 10 based platforms including PC, Mobile, Xbox One, HoloLens, and Surface Hub.

This gallery will show you some of the traffic tracking features of Windows Maps in both the desktop and mobile version of the app.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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