The Premium plans are (and have always been) "guaranteed ad-free": https://developers.google.com/maps/pricing-and-plans/ https://developers.google.com/maps/pric

The Premium plans are (and have always been) "guaranteed ad-free": https://developers.google.com/maps/pricing-and-plans/ https://developers.google.com/maps/pricing-and-plans/ Google Maps has had ads for quite some time, (AFAIK) all that's new here is option to use custom logos instead of the old purple pin: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/3246303?hl=en https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/3246303?hl=en Disclaimer: Used to work on Google Maps, but I don't anymore, and I know no more about this launch than what the blog post says.