Google Maps allows you to switch from the default blue arrow to three vehicle icons: a red car, a yellow SUV, and a green pickup truck. However, these icons haven't been updated in over four years ...

Now, though, Google's updated Google Maps to offer 5 more options — each available in one of 8 colors. Though it isn't quite so easy to figure out how. Here's how to customize your car icon in ...

Google Maps will display a range of options, four in total, to customize your car icon. These include the standard blue-colored arrow icon, a red-colored sedan icon, a yellow-colored SUV, and a ...

New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works. Back in February 2025, Google Maps ...

Google has updated Google Maps with new vehicle icons, so instead of the blue arrow and the generic colorful icons, you can now choose from a wider array of vehicles.

Google Maps vehicle icon arrives with version 10.52.2 update for Android. For those who have been keeping track of this vehicle icon feature, ...

We’re seeing these new car icons with Google Maps beta version 25.06.x for Android. It’s not available in the stable channel yet, but has already launched on iOS. More on Google Maps: ...

Custom car icons in Google Maps have long been a highly requested feature, but for some reason, replacing the arrow with a vehicle in the app is only possible on iPhone and not on Android.

Google Maps is working on new customization options for how vehicles are depicted. Existing options have consisted of a directional arrow, and three basic vehicles. After first testing on iOS ...

Google Maps could get more vehicle icon options soon. Right now, if you tap the blue arrow while navigating in Google Maps, you get the option to swap it out for blocky, cartoonish vehicle icons.

On Android Auto, you’ll see a compass icon on the right. Tap this switch between three map views: a 3D perspective view, an ...

Google Maps lets you customize your car icon on Android and iOS — here’s how to do it. How-to. By Tom Pritchard published 29 May 2025 There are 8 different cars to choose from.