POI icons have existed in Apple Maps since Google was the maps provider. But with iOS 6, Apple took full ownership of Maps and introduced a selectable, color-coded POI system with all new iconography.

iOS users will be able to explore locations with Google’s street-level imagery through touch input – a feature that was natively integrated in the old Maps application. The web-based Street View is ...

Google Maps has expanded custom vehicle icons to Android beta testers, allowing users to replace the standard blue arrow with ...

These new customizable icons seem to be available only on the iOS version of Google Maps. Since Google usually maintains feature parity between Android and iOS, Android users can likely expect ...