Dock the Google Maps button on the backside

Google Maps seems to be introducing or testing a new feature to dock locations and businesses at the bottom of the map page. You may see a blue dock button on the bottom that allows you to quickly reopen a place that you later docked. When you click on it, that location will be placed in the footer of the map interface.

Here is a screenshot (click to enlarge):

Here’s a GIF of it in action:

I wonder if this feature is permanent …

Not everyone sees it, but I am:

The same one here, I saw it once and can no longer reproduce it …

– Syed M. Amir Hassan (@ SyedMAmirHassa1) December 13, 2021

Forum discussion at Twitter.