Google Maps Adds Wheelchair Accessible Icon To Business Profiles

Google has added a wheelchair-accessible icon to the Enterprise Profile listings in Google Maps of companies that self-claim they’re wheelchair-accessible. There’s a little wheelchair-accessible icon subsequent to the enterprise identify, however this solely reveals in Google Maps, not in Google Search – for now.

This was noticed by Anuj Thaker who shared this with me on X – I used to be in a position to replicate it, so it appears to be dwell. Once more, I solely see this in Google Maps, however not for Google Enterprise Profiles in Google Search. Here’s a screenshot:

Anuj shared screenshots as effectively:

Ben Fisher, a neighborhood web optimization professional, additionally seen:

Three years in the past, Google let companies add wheelchair-accessible attributes to their Google Enterprise Profiles after which a few years in the past, Google let searchers filter by wheelchair-accessible places.

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