News

For some users, the Google Maps icon that used to exist on the app has been replaced by a totally black app icon. This seems to be mostly an issue on Apple devices, and fortunately, it doesn't ...
The Google Maps icon on iPhones suddenly turned black, and more and more users seem to get this unexpected update. It's unclear what happened, and despite all these people thinking it would be the ...
The Google Maps app for Android Auto is picking up some minor tweaks to icons which offer a bit more contrast to the design. Rolling out alongside the latest Google Maps updates, the Android Auto ...
To represent various places on Google Maps, Google users use different icons and symbols to help users identify. Currently, Google uses more than 100 symbols, which is what each symbol means.
Google Maps’ default icon is a blue arrow. However, users can change it to a car if they want. The company introduced this option four years ago, integrating choices such as a red car, a yellow ...
There you have it, your Google Maps icon is now a fetch new ride that looks a heck of a lot more interesting than the boring 2D arrow that you had before. Just remember that you can go back ...
Google Maps has always lagged behind Waze, but now that Google is more committed to improving the navigation component (and the addition of incident reporting on Android Auto and CarPlay is living ...
You launch this from a camera icon in the Google Maps search bar. When this feature was first announced in 2022, a generic camera icon was used. It switched to a single color variant of the Google ...
Reports surrounding custom car icons are sparse, but we have at least one confirmed report of the feature being available with Google Maps Version 24.50.04.705335264 on Android.