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With advanced markers you can create and customize highly performant markers. Customize the default marker's background, border, and glyph color, and replace the default marker icon with a custom graphic image.
Advanced markers are objects of type AdvancedMarker, which is a subclass of Marker. With advanced markers, all the existing Marker properties are customizable, including:
Advanced markers add the following additional features:
Customize the default marker's background, glyph, and border color.
Use an Android view as the markerReplace the default marker icon with an Android View containing a custom completely custom marker.
Specify how a marker should behave when it collides with another marker or map label. Marker altitude is only supported on vector maps.
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Last updated 2025-08-14 UTC.
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