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In Google Maps things are changing, again. This time they have focused on the driving experience, which will soon have its own interface. A curious decision to say the least but that drinks from what has been seen in Android Auto. So it makes things much easier when we get into the car and use Google Maps to be guided turn by turn. Now with new buttons and appearance, but with the same functionalities. All this without leaving Google Maps and without using the vehicle's screen.
The funny thing about this is that it doesn't change the appearance of the maps or the window, but instead makes the driving experience with Google Maps closer to Android Auto. Simpler and more direct. Although within Google Maps, which can break the mental schemes of more than one user accustomed to the continuity between looking for an address and being guided to it by the part navigation.
New buttons and interface
The idea is that when you start being guided in Google Maps to a destination and choose the car as the vehicle, new buttons will appear at the bottom. A kind of toolbar very similar to what we see in Android Auto And it is that there is the microphone icon to invoke the Google Assistant and, to the right , an icon that takes us to a selection of applications compatible with driving: music players, contacts, messages and calls.Thus, with large icons you can access quickly and without too many distractions.
Above these buttons of the Google Assistant and the rest of the applications, a band with the music or content that is playing is also shown. You will see the name of the track and you will have options to pause it or skip to the next song or program. All this without taking your eyes off the map.
How to get the new design
At the moment, several media outlets have echoed the arrival of this new interface to Google Maps to a few users. Everything indicates that this new functionality is still being released by Google in a phased manner Something common to avoid a chain of errors that reach a large number of users . This way they could pause the update and fix any malfunctions.
No current version of Google Maps includes this function, so it depends exclusively on Google servers. In other words, there is no way to get hold of this interface right now. Just wait for Google to decide to roll it out to all users in the coming days or weeks.
Via Android Police
