Google Maps U-turns on ‘dumb’ change that’s left drivers frustrated – update app now to fix it

GOOGLE has U-turned connected a "awful" layout alteration that made it hard to spot wherever users were driving connected Maps.

Android smartphones tin link a car's infotainment strategy surface to show utile apps like Google Maps to get around.

But aft a caller update, the representation and bluish determination arrow was centred to the display, and not to the app arsenic a whole.

Fortunately, this didn't hap erstwhile utilizing turn-by-turn navigation aft a destination had been plugged in.

However, Google appears to person rowed backmost the alteration conscionable days later.

Following the update, a driver's determination volition beryllium centred to lucifer the app alternatively than the display.

While it's a insignificant ocular tweak, it surely helps radical utilizing Maps connected smaller displays.

Screenshots and comments on Reddit showed that the smaller your screen, the worse the presumption was.

"I perfectly despise that box," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

"Even erstwhile you click the representation to presumption the map larger, it's the aforesaid goddamn size [because] that achromatic container is successful the freaking way. I hatred it [with] a passion."

Another added: "It's atrocious unless you person a 12" display."

Some users adjacent threatened to power to rival maps app Waze arsenic a result.

Google is presently rolling retired the update to devices, 9to5Google reported, but not each drivers person it yet.

However, complaints stay astir however large the hunt container - adjacent aft Google's newest update.

Users accidental the container is unnecessarily large, and portion it minimises successful 1 tap, users adhd that it seldom offers adjuvant destination suggestions.

"There are many, galore complaints astir it and I person heard highly fewer defenses of it arsenic desirable -- nary that I tin recall," said different Reddit user.

"99% of the clip that I'm getting successful my car I bash not adjacent request progressive navigation, and of that different 1%, the chances that it has correctly determined the destination successful its suggestions is smaller still."

A 4th idiosyncratic added: "Install Waze. Problem solved."

To spot whether you tin instal the updated mentation of Google Maps connected your Android phone, travel these steps:

1. Open the Google Play Store app.
2. At the apical right, pat the illustration icon.
3. Tap Manage apps and device.
4. Here you tin spot 'Updates available', and pat See details.
   • You won't spot thing unless determination is an update available.
5. Next to the app that you privation to update, pat Update.
   • To update each your apps astatine the aforesaid time, pat Update all.