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This shit is so much harder to read. I don’t understand how this is getting approved. Even driving navigation feels like a torrential horde of vomit with all the high contrast streets sliding by.
Sure, it might make for prettier screenshots, but it’s actually functionally harder to read, as the important/highlighted elements just don’t stand out as much when literally everything “stands out”. I feel like this has been a continued trend from Google Maps and this might be the final straw for me… I’ve already noticed having a harder time distinguishing turns.
I disagree. I find the stronger contrast easier to pick out while driving. I found myself squinting a lot before.
I don’t understand how this is getting approved.
Because you get promoted for changing things, not for keeping things the same. Almost every change like this is motivated by someone trying to get promoted.
I just want to have higher information density in google maps. Having to constantly zoom in to see buildings is a pain.
It’s already an information overload. It would be nice to have more options on what information to show.
Sometimes I need to see street names and house numbers, sometimes I need to see the name of the burger place, but I don’t ever need to see the name and ratings of each and every hotel and coffee shop in a 10 km radius.
It also ought to figure this out by itself. It already knows if I’m on foot, driving or using public transport. It already knows if I’m in my local area or traveling on the opposite side of the globe. They also know if I’m using the app for navigation or just browsing the map of distant places compared to my actual location.
They have so much data but still can’t figure out to show relevant information.
Probably because all information changes I’ve notes in the last few years have nothing to do with improving information access and all to do with monetizing it.
holy shit I’m glad I saw this because i thought my screen was going or something, the colors are good but they’re just barely different enough to where I thought I was going crazy
finally a decent amount of contrast in their map
I hate that cold color palette :(
I really like it, but it’d be nice if they offered customization options for folks who feel differently.
https://osmand.net is also an open source option.
Why would you change the roads to grey from yellow? What? What is the primary thing your eye is seeking when using a GPS app?
When using the general view? Typically landmarks and buildings so I appreciate this change. Roads are most important when using navigation, which they made much more vibrant. I’m finding these to be welcome changes.
looking again, the greater contrast for smaller roads is nice.
When navigating, there’s now better contrast for the route.
I noticed this. It’s much improved!
Maybe I just hate change, but isn’t it much more difficult to differentiate between grass and water with the new colors? I find myself really preferring the old version, though I am used to it
That looks like a colorblind mode. The roads not using yellow and instead that muted gray is much worse.
As a colorblind person, this new color palette is so much fucking worse
It looks a bit more legible than the old one.
This is too minor of a thing to really gripe about. Getting upset over this is like getting angry that Coke or Pepsi has altered the design of their logo again. It’s just… Not really a big deal.
Copy Apple Maps, acquire more iOS users.
It would be nice if they fixed their app so that when I set it to always dark mode, it actually stays in always dark mode. I don’t have much faith in UI improvements when that bug has plagued me for literally years, across Android versions and devices. But now the colors that suddenly blind me when it changes from dark to light will be different, yay?
It seems to stay properly for me. My gripe is that it doesn’t have an option for automatically changing based on the time of day without the OS also being set to do so.
