Google is testing showing blue map pins and gray map icons in the search listings. Sergey posted on Twitter a screen shot of a Google Maps result set that shows a blue pin instead of the red pin.

For a while, we've been wondering what the different colors for the map pins represent. We have seen red, blue, purple, brown and other colors over the years. Mike Blumenthal heard back from ...

Navigation mode picks up the new color scheme, too, with a darker green for the header and a dark blue for your current route. Previously, navigation was sort of themed around the Google logo ...

Although some sites are reporting that the Google Maps “blue pin test” is no longer visible, I’m seeing the blue pins on some Google Maps results pages as of this morning.. The pins represent the ...

You can click the blue directions button to pull up navigation directions, or hit the share icon to send the pin to someone or embed the map in a site. You can also click the pin again to perform ...

This shorter pin design is slightly less prominent, but might allow Google to show more per map view. It follows Google last year rolling out new colors for the main map.. We’re seeing this ...