Last week Google Maps was updated with several new features and precisely one of them was related to the weather. Now it will directly improve one of the icons barely touched for years and this has to do with navigation, since it is precisely the indicator of the vehicle’s position on the route chosen by the user towards its destination.
In this sense they want to be more like Wazewhich offers a wide variety of car icons to better personalize the experience than what Google Maps has offered for years, although with this update the Google application will improve its experience and thus offer more options to users.
Google is now testing a series of additional icons to improve the personalization of the browsing experience. So far it has only offered four icons vehicle: the emblematic blue arrow, a red vehicle, a yellow SUV and a green 4×4.
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With the new update, more options will be provided to customize this icon and make navigating to the destination more fun. Especially since this is not just any update and up to five additional car icons will be added, including one sedan, SUV, Jeep, a typical three-door Clio and an electric one very similar to Tesla cars.
Not only do these new car icons remain, they are added up to eight different colors choose one like glacier white, turquoise green or even a red. Of course, the iconic blue arrow cannot be personalized like the rest of the new icons that offer this possibility.
According to Android FontThis big change in the navigation icon appeared on an iPhone 16 Pro without appearing anywhere on some of the Android phones they tested, like Google’s recently launched Pixel 9.
This update is expected to arrive soon on Android, just like on Apple phones, especially since they tend to go hand in hand with their new functions like these new vehicle icons for choose the one that best suits the user. This is in addition to many other developments in recent months such as weather information on the establishment or the location map.
