“Was that it or am I remembering wrong?” Don’t blame your memory, Google Maps is now enabling a general redesign After several months of testing, the interface is noticeably changing.

Google Maps is being revamped with a new design should be more modern, more intuitiveit clarifies navigation layers with more curves and an unrecognizable form to start a route (and where to turn if we return).

Google Maps moves into the 21st century

The Google Maps interface wasn’t outdated, but it was still a bit halfway between Material Design and Material You, and still had a lot of right angles and not too many rounded edges Because they have reached other Google applications that have received the Material Sen operation.

Now Google is enabling design on a large scale, subtly changing some interface elements and the way we interact with them. The main change is that information panels are never fully expanded, They include an X button to close.

New design (left) and previous design (right)

Behind an information panel We will continue to see the map behind us in the upper laneThis will ensure that we do not get lost in navigation and if we close it, it will be clear where to turn.

But The biggest change occurs when creating a routeThe start and destination appear as a scrolling image above the map rather than as part of a large banner at the top. Any additional options go to the bottom panel.

The result is a slightly less claustrophobic interface, the top of which is where our start and destination are located. a subpanel with the rest of the data, such as different routes and transportation vehicles. Like other panels,

This is not all good news, by the way. search bar hide gesture disappeared and view the map in full screen without any buttons or forms. the best always goes.

via | 9to5Google

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