Earlier this yr, Google Maps began displaying the climate within the top-left nook, however that’s now being moved to a different a part of the Android app.
As a substitute of showing over the map layer, Google is shifting the oblong climate widget to the “Newest within the space” — named after the present metropolis, neighborhood, or attraction — sheet that slides up from the underside.
When absolutely expanded, it seems within the top-right nook, however is in any other case within the bottom-right when the sheet is peeking above the underside bar, which occurs whenever you work together with the map layer. That backside card expands additional in the event you faucet on the Discover tab, when you can fully dismiss the sheet by swiping the drag deal with down.
This transformation has the advantage of making the map layer ever so barely much less cluttered. It follows Google simplifying the underside bar from 5 tabs to only three.
Previous vs. new
The change is unlucky in the event you wish to shortly see the temperature, situation, and AQI as you discover the map because the viewable space barely shrinks.
This transformation to the climate in Google Maps is at present showing within the beta channel (model 11.151.x), however just isn’t but dwell on steady.
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