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Google Maps expands its Gemini-powered Ask Maps with multi-step tasks such as ordering meals along your route via partners like Square and Toast (Uber Eats integration coming soon), plus a live transit widget for up-to-the-minute delays. The feature also offers hotel/event lookups, opt-in Gmail-based Personal Intelligence, and memory of past conversations, with broad country expansion planned as rollout continues.
Google expands its Ask Maps chatbot with agentic capabilities, letting users order food through Toast/Square/Uber Eats, book hotels with real-time price and availability checks, and discover live events. It also adds Personal Intelligence to connect Ask Maps with Gmail (Calendar support to come) for tailored suggestions, plus live transit widgets and the ability for Local Guides to submit edits. The rollout starts in the US, with broader availability across 150+ countries later.
Hidden strings in the latest Google Maps build point to an upcoming feature called 'Ask Maps to order food' that would let Maps place a restaurant order via Gemini-powered natural-language conversations, potentially replacing separate ordering apps. The feature isn’t live yet, and it’s unclear whether ordering would happen in the cloud or on-device, with no public test or launch timeline.
Google Maps unveils its biggest navigation upgrade in more than ten years, powered by Gemini AI. The new Ask Maps feature provides conversational, real‑world answers and route suggestions, while Immersive Navigation adds 3D visuals, improved audio directions, and smarter trade-offs for alternate routes. The update rolls out today in the U.S. and will reach more Android and iOS devices, CarPlay, Android Auto, and compatible vehicles in the coming months.
Google Maps has released its biggest update in over a decade, turning the app into an AI-powered travel companion with Immersive Navigation (enhanced road details and see-through 3D renderings) and Ask Maps (natural, context-aware directions and place questions) powered by Gemini AI; rolling out in the US for iOS, Android, CarPlay, Android Auto, and Google-built cars, potentially shaking up competition with Waze and Apple Maps.
Google announced a sweeping Maps update featuring Immersive Navigation, a new 3D driving view that renders buildings, streets, and terrain with smart zooms and lane guidance to reduce guesswork; Gemini handles the spatial understanding behind the feature, while 'Ask Maps' adds an on-map AI assistant for finding places. The update also highlights entrances and nearby parking, supports hands-free navigation, and is rolling out today to eligible Android and iOS devices in the US with CarPlay/Android Auto expansion coming later, marking Google Maps' biggest navigation upgrade in a decade.
Google Maps unveils Immersive Navigation, a real-3D map with buildings, crosswalks, traffic cues, and more, powered by Gemini AI; it also adds Ask Maps, a conversational feature that personalizes searches and trip planning. The update brings smarter voice guidance, real-time disruption alerts, route trade-offs, and pre-visualization of destinations, with rollout beginning in the US and India on Android and iOS and expanding to CarPlay/Android Auto and other platforms.
Google Maps now includes Gemini AI-powered Ask Maps, letting users ask real-world questions (for example, locating a lit public tennis court tonight) and generate tailored itineraries from data on 300 million+ places. It also introduces Immersive Navigation, a major update with a 3D view that highlights road details like lanes, traffic signals, and stop signs, based on Gemini’s analysis of Street View and aerial imagery. Ask Maps rolls out in the U.S. and India on iOS/Android (desktop coming soon), while Immersive Navigation starts in the U.S. today with plans for broader availability in the coming months.
Google is reconfiguring Maps around its Gemini AI to add an in-car conversational assistant via Ask Maps, using vast location data and Personal Intelligence to tailor results; it also introduces a 3D Immersive Navigation overhaul with clearer road features and final-mile details, rolling out on Android and iOS in the US and India, with desktop and CarPlay/Android Auto support arriving later.