To which then expect changes to the Google Maps user interface

This week can be devoted to new equipment with the introduction of the Pixel 10 series, but it may simply mean that Google software developers have all the more to prove, because this group was a busy group. Today, we are examining a whole disorder of new changes currently underway for Google Maps on Android.

We have a lot to cross, so let’s start immediately with an overhaul that arrives in the application settings. Until now, everything is sort of throwing without a ceremony in a single place, with a mixture of tips for individual options and the parameter sub -pages that you must draw – all without rhyme or obvious reason.

In version 25.34.00.796159725 of the cards, we see Google working to do something on this subject, now organizing all these parameters in a handful of categories. Although this can mean an additional tap to get to where you go, it also makes it much easier to find this destination in the first place.

Then we spotted some iconography changes in the work. Here, we look at three: the button directly above the compass at the top right that you press to select alternative card views obtaining a pinch of color, the compass itself dropping this white point in the middle and a brand new look for the current location reticle.

We have also noticed a slightly reorganized look about how the application shows you information about the places you type on. Here is a screen recording of the new development user interface:

Compared to the old view, these buttons for directions, tickets and no longer are no longer just at the top of the space card, and remain instead at the bottom of the screen as it expands. You will also notice that Street View overview is now a squirt, corresponding to the expressive efforts of Google equipment 3.

Finally, we see a new look for the application search interface. Until now, MAPS allows you to start with a search by drawing all your recent activities, in case you wanted to repeat a recent destination. Instead, the developers also envisage another provision which would add an exploration option to consult the categories of places:

Admittedly, we could already access this same list of place options from the main view of the card, but perhaps having all this together on the search interface is also logical? Maps has a lot of mobile pieces, and the best way to assemble them is not always intuitive – sometimes developers must throw a lot of ideas on the wall to see what sticks.

Right now, this seems to be almost what they are doing, because we classify most of it as experimental at the moment – you will not see these changes living in Google Maps today, but do not be surprised to find yourself face to face with at least some of these adjustments in the weeks and months to come.