In a useful new tweak rolling out now, Google Maps now exhibits extra distinguished road labels on Android Auto.
Google Maps has lengthy proven road labels alongside every street, however outdoors of your subsequent flip, they’re very small. That’s altering, not less than on Android Auto, as Google is rolling out a brand new change that exhibits bigger road labels on Google Maps on the streets which are adjoining to your route.
This alteration could be very distinguished once you hit the street, with the labels showing in blue with a white define for roads which are part of your route – this can be a slight redesign, too – whereas roads adjoining to your route are grey with that very same white define.
This alteration is part of the Google Maps Immersive Navigation redesign.
Whereas this won’t be useful in each route, it’s actually helpful in the event you’re attempting to get round and must know what streets you’re passing by. It’s solely unlucky that this solely occurs when navigation is energetic. If the map is just open, the larger labels are disabled. It’d be helpful if this appeared on streets adjoining to the one you’re at present on when navigation isn’t energetic, since that’s when that data may show extra helpful.
We’re seeing this transformation on Google Maps v26.17.03 and Android Auto 16.7.661604.
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