From top to bottom: pre-iOS 6 Maps icon, iOS 6 Maps icon, iOS 7 Maps icon. When Apple unveiled iOS 6’s new Maps icon, it became an emblem for everything that was wrong with Apple Maps, a service that ...

For starters, the Attack map icon looks like a tent with a flag on top of it. It’s in a gray, pentagon icon and when you hover over it, the icon simply says “Attack.” Naturally, without any further ...

Google Maps is one of the best tools for navigating from A to B, whether you're walking, cycling, or driving a car. And if you're doing the latter, you now have more car icons and colors to choose ...

Dark modes are a common thing in the software world, and nearly every big app now has such a visual style. It makes sense, as a dark mode makes applications easier to use at night, albeit some users ...

Improving the user experience (UX) is important in the development of smartphone apps, and good apps are almost always designed to enhance UX. Comparing the UX designs of the popular map apps 'Google ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Apple has ...

When you're driving around on Google Maps, whether you're an Android or iPhone user, you'll always be represented on the map with the boring default arrow icon. But what if I told you that it doesn't ...