Whether we like it or not, Google Maps is changing its design to say goodbye to yellow roads in exchange for a grayish blue color, with a light blue for the water and, incidentally, showing a little more detail on the maps. The new design It has been unfolding for a few weeks and when it arrives on your mobile, It will also come to Android Auto.
The result can be somewhat shocking Well, the colors of Google Maps have accompanied the application with small alterations for many years. According to Google, these new colors allow users to better understand what they see on the map.
Blue roads on Google Maps
Google chose to paint the main roads in yellow to highlight them from the rest and keep the rest white, and they have remained that way for many years.
Now all roads on Google Maps are blue with the new design that is coming to the application these days. The new Google Maps colors are also applied when we use the application on Android Auto.
All roads now appear in a desaturated blue color, not too different from the old water color in Google Maps. Due, water is now represented with a brighter sky blue.
Likewise, the green areas are much greener, with a saturated green “like the WhatsApp logo”, although it is not all color changes. By the way, the map shows more detail in Android Autoincluding, for example, zebra crossings in places where Google Maps has the information.
When we start a route with the car in Android Auto, we will also notice that something has changed. Although the same color scheme is maintained to show the traffic on the route, the blue chosen for the segments with “normal” traffic is a darker bluewhich will highlight more of the new color for the roads.
To change, change until the following indication sign shown above, which is a slightly different shade of green. The map background is still gray.
These new colors will surely cause mixed feelings, even if we like them we will not have the option to change them neither on the mobile nor on Android Auto. If they still don’t appear on your cell phone and in the car, it’s a matter of time before they end up arriving.
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