The acquainted Google Maps interface may begin wanting a bit totally different quickly. 9to5Google experiences that Google is testing a main redesign of the default map layer with a new color scheme.
The new color scheme looks a lot extra like Apple Maps. Today, Google Maps has a grey background for land and white roads, however this new model has a almost white background for land and darker grey roads, simply like Apple Maps. This one change makes a lot of sense: Gray is a lot nearer to the precise color of a street, and the darker color lets roads stand out extra on the map. Pretty a lot each color has been tweaked, although—the blue water is far lighter. The inexperienced forest is darker. Major highways, as a substitute of being vivid yellow, at the moment are a darker grey than the traditional roads.
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Navigation mode picks up the new color scheme, too, with a darker inexperienced for the header and a darkish blue to your present route. Previously, navigation was form of themed across the Google brand colours, with Google Green for the header, purple for a location pin, and blue, yellow, or purple for the route, relying on visitors. The new design is a lot extra muted.
The new look hasn’t been extensively rolled out but, and we’re not even certain if that is a one-off test or a glimpse at the way forward for Google Maps. Maps’ final massive color overhaul was in 2020, and earlier than that, the final massive redesign was in 2017, so from a Big Tech Designer perspective of all the time needing to revamp all the things each few years, it is in all probability time.