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Google Maps

Mapping the world

Google Maps frames user contributions as helping others and adapts its UI to context. UX Bites include spoken detour explanations, review prompts and smart defaults.

Key takeaways from 1 Case Study and 19 UX Bites

  • Frames congestion reports as a good deed, motivating more contributions

  • Defaults to walking or driving based on how far away the destination is

  • Lets drivers hear why they were rerouted, building belief in the chosen route

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Last updated: 09/10/2026

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Listen to your detour

If Google Maps has rerouted you to avoid congestion, you can ‘hear more’, which uses Gemini to verbally describe the change.

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Navigation screen. An "Avoiding congestion" rerouting alert offers "Dismiss" or "Hear more"; tapping "Hear more" activates the voice assistant button beside "Exit" to explain the route change aloud.
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Know before you go

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Gathering data for others

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Continue your journey on foot

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Dynamic post-review animations

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Driving or walking?

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Your good deed

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Motivating social proof

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Searches = Loading

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Google Maps fuel usage

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Cycling elevation in Google Maps

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Handoff maps to mobile

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Collecting data at the right time

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Directing using landmarks

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Turn by turn directions

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Google Maps utilising local business data

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Last available train

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Google is Hollowing out Waze, and that's a Problem for Apple

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