Google's bright green elements in Maps (left) have been replaced in the redesigned UI (right) The bottom bar in Google Maps is also shorter than before, with the noticeable lack of Material You ...

Elizabeth Laraki, a former Google Maps designer, criticized the new design of the app, stating that it feels colder, less accurate, and less human. Sh ...

As you’ll see in the following screenshots, Google is going for a cleaner design that focuses on improved usability. The UI changes will also make the actual maps shine.

Maps will swap out its rounded UI elements and default colors with changes that better fit in with the rest of Polestar’s software. This includes redesigned buttons as well as orange accent colors.

Google Maps designer says the app's new update made it 'less accurate, less human' Recollecting her time designing the app, Elizabeth Laraki said, 'In 2007, I was 1 of 2 designers on Google Maps.

Should Google simplify the UI? Results This poll drew almost 1,900 votes, and it turns out that a massive 71.55% of respondents think the Google Maps UI could do with fewer elements.