Thursday, November 14, 2024

Your Google Maps trips might soon get a style upgrade with fresh vehicle icons

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What you need to know

  • Google Maps is working on expanding car icon options, four years after first introducing them.
  • Currently, users only have a few basic choices—red sedan, yellow SUV, and green pickup truck—since 2020.
  • A new update is being tested, adding five new vehicle models (hatchback, Jeep, sedan, SUV, and a Tesla-like design) and eight new color choices.
  • These expanded customization options are currently available on iOS and will likely come to Android soon.

Google Maps appears to be gearing up to add more car icon options, four years after first introducing them.

Currently, Google Maps only gives you a few basic choices for vehicle icons—a red sedan, a yellow SUV, and a green pickup truck. This feature was introduced back in 2020, and it hasn’t really seen any updates since.

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