If you use iPhone or Android, you might have spotted something different about the Google app. That G in the app icon suddenly looks, ooh, smoother and oh so sleek – your eye just glides over the ...

Back in February, Google Maps started testing a big redesign of the Android app. On my devices/account it was pulled after a few weeks, but it’s now rolling back out with some noticeable refinements.

Following Android back in July, Google Maps is now rolling out a sheet-based redesign that replaces most fullscreen UIs in the iPhone app. Upon opening the map, you’ll notice that all bottom sheets in ...

A Google Maps logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) If you told me six months ago that the Gulf of Mexico would be ...