Google Maps is one of the most used GPS navigation applications by users, although others, such as Waze, are beginning to gain prominence. In fact, new features have recently been implemented and are frequently being implemented to improve its service, such as adding support for browsing without a connection or smartphone in Wear Os and other new features that we have talked about very recently.
Without a doubt, it is a great tool that makes our lives more comfortable when we want to go to other places by car, on foot, by public transport or we want to obtain more information about the places we visit.
However, it also has its downsides, and among them is a strange bug affecting some users that causes their UI to not react as it should . Some users claim to have experienced a strange and annoying bug with the Google Maps interface, according to a report posted on Reddit with comments from some forum users. Although they have tried possible solutions, there seems to be no solution at the moment.
What exactly is this error
As a general rule, when you click anywhere on the map, the menus at the top and bottom disappear to make room for the full screen view. However, it seems that this does not happen for some users, that clicking on an empty point on the map places the marker on it, something that should only happen when holding a long press on a point on the map.
A user explains it graphically and details the problem as follows:
Google Maps Mobile removes the ability to tap anywhere and remove HUD, instead placing a pin at the location you tap. I hate it. How do I remove it?
A user responds with what could be the solution to his problem, although it does not work for him and it does not work for other users who have experienced it:
Swipe up on the search bar. Sometimes it takes a couple of times, but finally it works. I had the same problem.
Another user talks about it:
Hmm, could be something version specific, I click on an empty space and the UI disappears.
We don’t know much about this problem
Although it is something that is affecting several users of the service, there is little information about it. We don’t know what version of Android it happens on, what version of Google Maps is affected, or what devices the error occurs on. Nor how widespread this may be, since, although there are some affected users, we do not know if there may be many more or it is not as much as it might seem.
Therefore, we can only wait to find out more details about the users affected by this problem and thus obtain more information about this error of the famous Google map service and find the key to a problem that cannot be solved right now.
From the company there is no official confirmation of the existence of this problem or that they are aware of it. Have you noticed something strange when trying the Google map service?