Are we there yet? Google Maps is tired of your nagging in hidden easter egg

A nice little trick for next time the kids are bothering you on the car journey.

Are we there yet? Google Maps is tired of your nagging in hidden easter egg

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? – a familiar refrain from backseat passengers everywhere.

Google has incorporated the running joke of road trips everywhere into the newest version of Google Maps for Android, with a heavy dollop of tongue-in-cheek humour.

As seen in the above video from Android Police, Maps will respond to the question: 'are we there yet?' with an arrival time estimate - the first time you ask.

If you bother her again while she's driving, you'll get a much more curt: 'no.'

Keep at it though, and that's it — she's had enough – "If you ask me again, we won't stop for ice cream!"

Bravo. The trick works in turn-by-turn navigation mode on Android. iPhone users will have no such luck, as the iOS version doesn't have voice interaction in that mode.

A nice little trick for next time the kids are bothering you on the car journey – refer the question to a higher authority.

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