It's not just you. Definitely not. If the car icon has gone missing in Google Maps when you use navigation on Android Auto, you'd better not waste your time with all the generic fixes. Only a simple ...

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Despite its litany of flaws, I love Android Auto. It makes driving more enjoyable by offering easy access to my music collection and putting important navigation information front and center. However, ...

Google just figured out it's 2026 already, and Google Maps on Android Auto still doesn’t allow users to configure the vehicle icon. That's why the company has decided to release this functionality, ...

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A recent update may give you more heads-up information when using Google Maps navigation right at your steering wheel if you have a digital dashboard that supports Android Auto. Previously, when using ...

Google Maps has recently started offering a navigation pop-up on select instrument cluster displays. So far this has been spotted on the Polestar 2. We previously saw Waze delivering a similar ...

The new Google Maps custom car icons have been available for a year, and more recently, the existence of custom icons in the Android Auto build. A new APK teardown report alleges that Google is ...

Android Auto users are reporting a bug that is making their cars disappear from the road—ok, not literally, but within Google Maps. On both Reddit and Google's own support forums, drivers now say ...