The Google Maps icon on iPhones suddenly turned black, and more and more users seem to get this unexpected update. It's unclear what happened, and despite all these people thinking it would be the ...

To represent various places on Google Maps, Google users use different icons and symbols to help users identify. Currently, Google uses more than 100 symbols, which is what each symbol means.

New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works. Back in February 2025, Google Maps ...

Google Maps’ default icon is a blue arrow. However, users can change it to a car if they want. The company introduced this option four years ago, integrating choices such as a red car, a yellow ...

We’re seeing these new car icons with Google Maps beta version 25.06.x for Android. It’s not available in the stable channel yet, but has already launched on iOS.