I felt that Google Maps has been getting ever harder to read. The palette had moved towards a grey-on-grey scheme with very little contrast. This new scheme looks less distinctive… But I think that’s a good thing given how hard it was too read the old one sometimes
It’s weird that they’d want to copy from Apple in particular considering how bad that maps app is. Odd choice, even with the usual “can’t think larger thatn US” attitude Google management suffers from.
It looks pretty weird. The colors were a signture Google Maps feature.
Yeah, I agree. They’ve made slight shifts over the years, but I feel like this looks enough like a different maps app.
I also feel lots of pieces of it include bits of the apple design that make their maps harder to read.
Google doesn’t need to change their color pallete, they just need to stop tossing 400 advertising pins everywhere you look.
I felt that Google Maps has been getting ever harder to read. The palette had moved towards a grey-on-grey scheme with very little contrast. This new scheme looks less distinctive… But I think that’s a good thing given how hard it was too read the old one sometimes
It’s weird that they’d want to copy from Apple in particular considering how bad that maps app is. Odd choice, even with the usual “can’t think larger thatn US” attitude Google management suffers from.
Except that Apple Maps are much easier to read.
They look like OSM now.