close
close

first Drop

Com TW NOw News 2024

Get ready to completely customize the Google Maps vehicle icon
news

Get ready to completely customize the Google Maps vehicle icon

PoleStar 2 sloping side door open

TL; DR

  • Google Maps on iOS has started showing new vehicle options for the navigation market.
  • These join the three existing vehicle types, in addition to the standard arrow.
  • The new vehicle selections can be customized with the color of your choice.

What are you driving these days? Convertible? Electrical connection? There are some fantastic options available, but none are quite shaped like a giant arrow with a circle around it. For many of us, though, that’s exactly the view we see of our vehicle when we navigate somewhere in Google Maps. If you prefer that experience to be a better reflection of what you actually experienced along the way, we may have some good news for you.

Currently, Maps on Android allows you to customize your vehicle: small bit. If you’re just not feeling the arrow, you can trade it for a red sedan, a yellow SUV, or a green pickup. That’s how it’s been since 2020, and that’s how it seemed like it would stay that way.

Well, it looks like this is no longer the case, and Android Police noted that Google Maps for iOS now offers a ton of new customization options for its vehicle marking. These include not only a number of new, much more detailed vehicle models, but also the ability to recolor them. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that support is coming to the old vehicles, which will be stuck in their original colors.

Even with that minor setback, this still seems like a very cool new addition that should make using Maps much more personal. The options here may not be as nice as the kind of icons available from Waze, but this new set is completely workable and should reflect real-world vehicles a lot better than our limited choices before. Hopefully it won’t be long before we see this change make its way from iOS to Android.

Do you have a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at [email protected]. You can remain anonymous or get credit for the information, it’s your choice.