Google Maps has changed its design again, this time during routes. It’s as simple as moving buttons at the bottom of the windowThis makes it easier to reach for your phone when you hold it with one hand. This is a design trend that is gaining traction as mobile phones get bigger.

Yes You notice your Google Maps looks differentthey are not your imagination. In addition to giving more importance to the event button, which has recently become active worldwide, Google is trying to move all the buttons that appear during the route to the bottom.

Down buttons

Google didn’t notify us of this change, so Google Maps took us by surprise a new change in design Just a few days after learning about the new Add Stop button that appears prominently in Android Auto. It also relates to buttons and routes, although in this case it is on the mobile.

It’s an open secret that Google Maps has Too many buttons scattered throughout the interfaceThis not only makes it hard to know where everything is, but also makes it impossible to reach them all if you’re holding the phone with one hand, unless you have big hands or a small phone, something very unusual these days. Specifically, during a route you had these buttons:

• At the top: microphone button, magnifying glass to add a pause, volume button, compass, and new event reporting button.
• Below: the close route button, the alternative routes button, and the middle button if you’ve moved around the map.

Previously Google Maps with the buttons above (left) and the new design with buttons below (right)

Google is testing now release all Google Maps buttonsWe hope to keep them within range of your thumb while holding the phone with one hand. The upper part of the interface is just for route displays without any buttons. It looks like this:

• Below: Compass button, microphone button, magnifying glass button to add stops, audio button, incident report button, route close button, alternate route button, and center the View on the map if you moved the button.

This isn’t the only change, but Google Maps also gives you Giving more importance to the incident reporting button, appearing with a new color icon and also displayed large with text Report until you navigate the map.

These two changes make it easier to use Google Maps with one hand (but you shouldn’t be toggling Google Maps on your phone while driving), and Reminds users that they can report incidents. The previous icon was in the form of a chat bubble in black and white with a + sign, the truth was that it was a bit unnoticeable and it was not clear what it did at first glance. The new icon makes it much clearer.

This new design and icon is available on Google Maps Version 11.147.0102 on Androidhowever, it is also possible that this is a server-side activation. For now, Google has not officially released this new design.

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