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- In-app music playback controls have been eliminated from Google Maps for certain Android users.
- The ability to manage streaming platforms such as YouTube Music and Spotify is not visible in the current version of the application.
- It remains uncertain whether this is a glitch or a deliberate change, as the feature is still present in the iOS version.
It is well known that Google Maps is among the top navigation applications available on both Android and iOS devices, facilitating users in accessing their preferred music streaming services like YouTube Music and Spotify conveniently while on the move. The useful controls enabled users to pause, play, skip tracks, or return to previous songs. Having these music playback controls during navigation has been a beneficial feature of Maps, which has unexpectedly disappeared with the new update.
9to5Google has now discovered that the helpful controls, typically located in the Navigation settings of the Maps app, appear to have been removed, together with the option to “Show media playback controls.”
Moreover, the setting to choose the music streaming service is absent from the latest update of the Google Maps app. This issue seems to affect both the current v25.28 version and the beta 25.29 version. I was unable to find the feature, as I also checked on