Crash or Accident: A red icon with a vehicle crash symbol indicates a user-reported accident or traffic incident at that location. Google Maps offers real-time crowd-sourced reports and traffic ...

The status bar isn't the only place on the iPhone where you can see colored arrow symbols. It also shows up alongside iPhone apps or services that are using your location in some manner.

The icon would update every couple of minutes with a live location of the sharer. That icon underwent a change, as seen in the newest Google Maps update (11.38.2), though the change could be ...

Tip: Tapping the current location icon again gives you a compass symbol. ... Those symbols and icons remain on Google Maps, whether you are on Android or iPhone or a web version of Google Maps.