Google Maps is a great app for being very versatile and for being able to use it for different reasons. One of them is navigation with a dark theme that you can activate from now on Google Maps. The best thing about this new option is that we can put it on forever or when the sun goes down; just as we like it.
It is one of the latest developments in the big G maps app and it goes all out for it. We already let you know which have been three of his best novelties in recent years. Now it's time to activate the dark theme forever or only at night.
How to activate the dark theme of navigation in Google Maps
This novelty comes in the latest version of Google Maps and it has brought some news with it. Although the most important is be able to activate dark mode in three ways: automatically, day and night. That is, we can customize Google Maps navigation dark or light. It will depend on our personal taste, although right now the dark theme is a trend in many apps and ROMs; as happens in Google's Gboard, or the same Google News from the same big G.
To have the possibility to activate the dark theme we go to do these little things:
- We download version 10.2.1: Google Maps APK.
- Once Google Maps has been updated with that APK that we have just downloaded, it is time to go to the settings.
- From the left side panel we can address them.
- Once inside (we will see news of this version), we look for the option Navigation settings or “Navigation Settings”.
- Here we will find that the order of things has been changed and now there are different main sections. The one that interests us is Navigation.
- You will see three buttons in blue where it says "Color Scheme".
- We have Automatic so that it is activated according to day or night, day for the always active light theme and night to have the dark theme always present when we use the Google Maps navigation.
By the way, you can use the mixed route now to go to a place in a city, since it also will change the theme to dark if you have selected it. If you have configured the dark theme option, remember that it will not change during the day, so if you are in direct sunlight, you may have vision problems.
Other news of interest in the new Google Maps
If you have activated the dark theme of the navigation for Google Maps, surely you have been surprised by some news in the settings. One of those additions is the route options to avoid toll roads, traffic jams and ferries. Previously they could only be used before starting navigation, while now you can go to those navigation options or «navigation settings» to select your route preferences.
Another novelty is the volume button of the travel aid. Now you can change the volume between softer, normal and louder. In this way, if you find yourself in the car with a bluetooth call, the notifications of turn changes and so on, will not sound so loud; although we always have the option of deactivating it and being notified of important alerts.
A Google Maps that continues to be updated with important news, such as the possibility of following establishments to find out about events, news and promos, or that we can Create a shortcut on the desktop with which to select that route that we usually do on a daily basis.
Now you know how to activate the dark theme of navigation in Google Maps, that you even already have it on YouTube, and thus leave your mobile in unison with all those apps and ROMs, as will be Samsung Experience 10 and all those changes in the interface that will arrive in Android Pie.