If you send someone the placemarks as a KML file, they will not have the icons and will see the red X that Google Earth uses when it cannot find an icon file. If you add a custom icon it will ...

Google Maps allows you to switch from the default blue arrow to three vehicle icons: a red car, a yellow SUV, and a green pickup truck. However, these icons haven't been updated in over four years ...

Now, though, Google's updated Google Maps to offer 5 more options — each available in one of 8 colors. Though it isn't quite so easy to figure out how. Here's how to customize your car icon in ...

Version 10.1.18 for Android, which is still rolling out via the Play Store and appears to have a connection/launch issue, turns the four-color icon white and places it on a black background.

Custom group icons are not yet widely available on devices running the Messages beta that we checked today. It will be a nice quality-of-life improvement once rolled out.

There you have it, your Google Maps icon is now a fetch new ride that looks a heck of a lot more interesting than the boring 2D arrow that you had before.