"Google is testing using different colored map pins in the map embed within Google AI Mode. The map pins can be in red, blue, yellow and maybe orange? Google even puts a key under the map, color coding the map pins. This was spotted by Gagan Ghotra who shared some screenshots of this on X - here are those screenshots: He also added that in AI Mode "Google is now testing showing Map at the top of answer.""
"I cannot replicate all of these, so I do suspect this is a test. 🆕 AI Mode - map going from bottom to top of answer (quote tweet) and for some query types I'm noticing Google showing color pins in map and below it defines what each color stands for. https://t.co/vM5yyCfDSf pic.twitter.com/qJcZ9ICpg5- Gagan Ghotra (@gaganghotra_) October 21, 2025 Gagan also wrote about this on his blog."
Google is testing different colored map pins inside the map embed in Google AI Mode. Pins observed include red, blue, yellow and possibly orange, accompanied by a key under the map that explains the colors. The map placement sometimes shifts from the bottom to the top of AI Mode answers. The behavior has been captured in screenshots and social reporting but cannot be consistently reproduced, indicating an experimental rollout. The feature appears to be under testing rather than a widely released change at this time.
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