Google has slowly updated its mobile apps to Material Design surrounding Lollipop’s launch last year, and the company is moving forward with similar plans for the web.

Google Maps and Apple Maps refuse to offer a way for users to port their data from one platform to the other. So I did it ...

15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps.I still use it everyday.Last week, the team dramatically changed the map’s visual design.I don’t love it.

Previously, pins on Google Maps would have a tall, narrow stem that came to a sharp point on the pinned location. The color ...

Elizabeth Laraki, who said she was one of two designers behind Google Maps in 2007 and was still using it every day, posted her gripes with the app's new visual design on X, formerly known as Twitter.

As mentioned, Google rolled out the design changes to Google Maps to Android back in July 2024 but it's only just coming to iOS users. To see the changes, you will need to be running version 25.10.2.

We hope this is the start of something bigger and with more car brands, but for now, the Google Maps experience on Polestar cars will look a touch more custom.

Apple Maps and Google Maps look similar, but there are key differences between them. Our updated Maps smackdown helps you decide which is a better fit for you.

This shorter pin design is slightly less prominent, but might allow Google to show more per map view. It follows Google last year rolling out new colors for the main map.. We’re seeing this ...

Google has slowly updated its mobile apps to Material Design surrounding Lollipop’s launch last year, and the company is moving forward with similar plans for the web. The overhauled design has ...

Previously, pins on Google Maps would have a tall, narrow stem that came to a sharp point on the pinned location. The color of the pin, meanwhile, was uniform along its whole length. Now, though ...