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 looks to be rolling out a redesigned version of Google Maps on the web that introduces a tweaked user interface that in many ways mirrors its mobile app experience on both Android and iOS.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...