Font color change needed in some areas in Google Maps dark theme

Many of us really like the updated Dark Theme in Google Maps. One area where some font color needs changing is answer Questions under “More Choices”. In the phone screen, the black text on dark grey background is extremely difficult to read.

If I come across other areas, or if any other contributors come across different areas with similar issue, do add in reply.

@KlaudiyaG if you can feed back to the Maps team, if not already by others.

FYI: I am on Android 11 on a Samsung phone, latest Google Maps app version.

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Hey Googlers and LG community :wave: ,

I turn on Google Maps Dark mode on my Pixel 3XL but text is barely readable. Here is the example from “Answer questions”:

As you can see, the text have almost same color as background. This will definitely lead to wrong answered questions and also user’s comfort is decreased.

So my idea is about change color of that text to something better, probably white.

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Yes , I too think this should be added in google maps , thanks for the idea .

I just experienced this today too.

This font color came to my attention a while back when I was using a dark theme @StephenAbraham . It really needs to change.

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Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention, @StephenAbraham . The team will look into this matter right away.

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Hello :wave: ,

I created for this issue an Idea post - LINK . Maybe this post can be merged with mine which was created a few days back @KlaudiyaG ?

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This means that maps isn’t ADA compliant in dark mode. This is an accessibility issue.

Great that you posted this @Rohlik ! I noticed the same thing a while ago but had no opportunity to report it then and afterwards forgot about it :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi @StephenAbraham ,

I’ve received a confirmation from the team that they corrected the malfunction. Would you please confirm if the text is readable now? Thanks in advance for your cooperation. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi @Rohlik ,

Great suggestion! I’ve moved forward and merged your idea with Stephen’s thread. :slightly_smiling_face:

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@KlaudiyaG Mostly yes, but take a look on my today’s screen. The blue text is barely readable and also white text on gray background is not a great choice.

@KlaudiyaG Thanks! Say thanks to the team as well. It is so much better now with the brighter text.

I want bring attention to this issue as the problem still persist on desktop when you answering question to some place from Google Search :mag_right: .

You can find screenshot bellow for “More choices” to “Is it possible to sit outside?” question.