Google Maps in your Android telephone could look a bit totally different quickly, with some customers already reporting that their app now has just a few visible adjustments.
Luckily, the redesign does not drastically change the performance of Google Maps, if something navigating the app needs to be a bit less complicated because of the format adjustments.
The principle distinction is that the menus for viewing extra in-depth details about a location, or journey choices for the best way to get between two factors, now do not fill the display screen once you open them. As an alternative, a little bit of the map is all the time nonetheless seen on the prime of the display screen.
The menu additionally now seems to sit down above the map – quite than being a separate display screen – with a transparent bar on the prime of the menu indicating you possibly can swipe down to reduce it, and an X button you possibly can press to shut it utterly.
You’ll be able to swipe down or faucet the again arrow on the prime within the outdated menu types to return to the map, however this visible redesign makes this extra apparent and likewise makes closing the menu a bit simpler.
The opposite small change is that the Instructions menu now reveals the varied transport choices on the backside of the display screen more often than not – they solely transfer to the highest of the display screen once you absolutely open the menu.
Beforehand, the choices sat on the prime of the display screen. Bringing them all the way down to the underside ought to imply it is simpler to begin navigation with only one hand.
These adjustments ought to seem in your Google Maps app quickly, in the event that they have not already. As reported by 9to5Google, some customers are already seeing the adjustments of their app, although it might take some time for it to succeed in everybody – you may also test the Play Retailer to see if the replace will be put in manually.
We anticipate this variation to return to the iOS model of Google Maps as effectively, however we’ll have to attend and see when it rolls out to a wider vary of customers.