Several Google Maps users are reporting that the application no longer displays a vehicle icon when running on Android Auto. Instead, it shows a black box due to what seems to be a rendering issue.

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In the latest Google Maps build, we managed to enable a setting that lets you choose your Driving avatar in the settings menu. Right now, you can only change the icon from the navigation screen.

Navigate seamlessly with these tweaks.