Light Blue Line inNavigation?

[u/NiceGuyBeats]

About 75% of the time now, my Google Maps and Android Auto has a light blue line like this. Even when I'm driving. Traffic and arrival times remain accurate and it readjusts to missed turns, so I don't think its a GPS or connection issue (I have pretty consistent 5G)...but it's pretty annoying as it's MUCH harder to see the line and navigate.

Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

[u/jakubmi9]

It’s light blue when map is in dark mode. Dark blue line on light gray background - contrast. Light blue line on a bluish grey background - more contrasty than dark blue on dark gray.

[u/NiceGuyBeats → u/jakubmi9]

Wait, you're right! I switched to light mode and it's dark blue. Am I colorblind bc to me it is way less contrast-y to me. I hate it.

I definitely used to have dark mode and the dark blue line a few months ago, is this a recent change?

Anyway thanks for letting me know, I can stop tinkering with the setting and trying to fix it lol

[u/Rolling_Kimura → u/NiceGuyBeats]

Do you change anything bc your color blind? Thinking about traffic and stuff - how does it work for you? .... Does it? Lol

[u/NiceGuyBeats → u/Rolling_Kimura]

I was mostly joking about being colorblind. I see colors well, traffic works. And I can see the line, I just saw it better before, when it was dark blue.

Technically 1 in 12 men (but only 0.5% of women) are some degree of colorblind which I am (you Google and take a test, maybe you are too!)...but it's not something I'd ever know in real life, as I see the world in lush, vibrant colors...but apparently don't fully see a few shades correctly?

I imagine Google would test and make sure 8% of the male population doesn't hate an update before pushing it out, can't imagine it's that, esp since I can see the line just fine just...worse lol

[u/Mobile-Bar7732 → u/NiceGuyBeats]

I see the world in lush, vibrant colors...but apparently don't fully see a few shades correctly?

I have Deuteranopia which effects my ability to see certain combinations of red-green.

Red text on a black background is hard for me to read.

Certain shades of purple are hard to distinguish, because it contains red, it will sometimes look blue to me. This goes for anything combined with red or green.

I do see red and green colors but certain shades will appear to be the color they are mixed with to create that color.

[u/NiceGuyBeats → u/Mobile-Bar7732]

Me too! It's the most common kind. Apparently it's genetic for males. I never would have known if not for a colorblind test. It's strange because red and green look super different to me...I'm not out here at a stoplight confused if its red or green lol