The old Google Maps obscured the map when trying to show you information about the pin. In the new design, this information appears to the side. “During our design process, we were super ...

One reason for the change could be that it might allow Google Maps to fit more pins on the screen at once, as the new pin design is a touch more compact than the old look. Alex Blake has been ...

The older graphic design of the pins stood out from the others and gave the impression of not fitting with the whole group. Techradar suggests that Google Maps is now more coherent in this regard.

That change also applies to text. This shorter pin design is slightly less prominent, but might allow Google to show more per map view. It follows Google last year rolling out new colors for the ...

If you have a lot of saved places, Google Maps can look a bit unwieldy with all those pins, and the app is now testing using small dots to address that. At the moment, pins — stars, flags ...

To this end, he created 'mini-pins,' which are smaller map pins that represent additional listings in a way that doesn't overwhelm the interface. Aripirala also designed a two-tier pin system ...

Adding Place Pins From here, there are two ways of adding Pins on a place board. To place existing Pins on the map, click “Add” underneath a Pin.In the pop-up, type in the name of the shop ...