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Google Maps AI expands to order food, book hotels, and check live transit
tech19 days ago

Google Maps AI expands to order food, book hotels, and check live transit

Google Maps’ AI assistant, Ask Maps, now offers broader agentic capabilities such as ordering food, finding hotels and events, and giving route-aware suggestions via Gemini's Personal Intelligence. It can factor in dietary needs and saved places, auto-add items to your cart, and will work with Square and Toast today (Uber Eats coming soon). Real-time transit updates and conversational location contributions are also included, with rollout expanding from the US to other countries.

Ask Maps Goes Conversational: Order Food, Book Hotels, and More
technology19 days ago

Ask Maps Goes Conversational: Order Food, Book Hotels, and More

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.

Google Maps gears up to run on Gemini Personal Intelligence
authority-insights-news1 month ago

Google Maps gears up to run on Gemini Personal Intelligence

Android Authority reports that Google Maps is being prepared to integrate Gemini’s Personal Intelligence, enabling Maps to surface reservations, flights, and other data by tapping connected Google apps (Gmail, Google Photos, Google Workspace, YouTube, and more). The discovery also notes two new sections in Maps—Connected Content Apps and Personalization—that currently load indefinitely, indicating the features are still under development.

US users get free access to Gemini's tailored AI image generator
technology1 month ago

US users get free access to Gemini's tailored AI image generator

Google is removing the paywall on Gemini's hyper-personalized image generator for eligible US users, letting the AI pull context from linked Google apps like Photos via Personal Intelligence and the Nano Banana image model to create tailored images. The rollout starts today and will expand over the coming weeks, with privacy safeguards: model training isn’t performed on private Photos libraries and users control which apps are linked.

Google Labs Debuts Dreambeans, an AI-Driven Daily Stories and To-Dos App
technology2 months ago

Google Labs Debuts Dreambeans, an AI-Driven Daily Stories and To-Dos App

Google Labs launches Dreambeans, an AI-powered app that links to Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube and search history (with user permission) to assemble personalized daily stories and to-do suggestions, featuring AI-generated visuals based on your photos; initially available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US on Android and iOS, with a waitlist for others.

Gemini Can Turn Your Google Photos Into Personal Images
technology4 months ago

Gemini Can Turn Your Google Photos Into Personal Images

Google is enabling its Gemini AI to generate personalized images by linking users’ Google Photos to the Nano Banana 2 editor via the Personal Intelligence feature. Once opted in, Gemini can use a user’s photos and labels (e.g., Family) to produce images from simple prompts, with a sources button to show how context was derived. Google says it does not directly train its models on private photos. The feature rolls out in the US over the next few days to eligible AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers on Chrome desktops, with broader availability planned later.

Gemini Turns Your Google Photos into Personalized AI Imagery
technology4 months ago

Gemini Turns Your Google Photos into Personalized AI Imagery

Google's Gemini now lets paid AI subscribers connect to Google Photos via its ‘personal intelligence’ feature, enabling Nano Banana 2 to generate personalized images using your photos and their labels. Prompts can reference terms like “family” or “dog” to pull relevant pics, with Gemini either selecting images automatically or allowing manual picks. Google says it does not train on your photos, though inputs and outputs may be used to improve products; the feature is opt-in, off by default, and initially limited to paid plans (Nano Banana link available on the budget Plus tier).

Google opens free Personal Intelligence for Gemini across the US
ai5 months ago

Google opens free Personal Intelligence for Gemini across the US

Google is expanding its Personal Intelligence feature to all US users with personal Google accounts, enabling free-tier access to connect Gmail, YouTube, and Google Photos to Gemini via the Gemini app, Chrome, and Search. The feature is opt-in, can be disconnected at any time, and Google says it won’t train Gemini on Gmail or Photos, using only limited data from prompts and responses to personalize results.

Gemini Takes the Wheel as Google's Maps Gets an AI Copilot
technology5 months ago

Gemini Takes the Wheel as Google's Maps Gets an AI Copilot

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.

Gemini's Personal Intelligence walks a fine line between convenience and caveats
tech7 months ago

Gemini's Personal Intelligence walks a fine line between convenience and caveats

Google's Gemini now includes Personal Intelligence, allowing it to reference past conversations and access data from Gmail, Calendar, Photos, and search history with opt-in beta access for AI Pro and Ultra. While it marks a big step in personalization, a Verge reviewer notes the system can still misplace details (wrong neighborhoods, misnamed places) and even mention family members, highlighting ongoing privacy concerns and the need for cautious use.

Google’s Personal Intelligence Weaves Your Data Into a Real-Time AI Assistant
technology7 months ago

Google’s Personal Intelligence Weaves Your Data Into a Real-Time AI Assistant

Google rolled out Personal Intelligence in its AI Mode and Gemini, enabling the AI to access Gmail, Photos, Search history, YouTube and more to answer questions with context from across a user’s Google services. While it promises powerful, personalized assistance, the feature raises privacy concerns about how much the system learns from everyday activity, and Google says it includes data-filtering safeguards and user control.

Google's AI Mode gets personal: Gmail and Photos shape tailored searches (opt-in)
ai7 months ago

Google's AI Mode gets personal: Gmail and Photos shape tailored searches (opt-in)

Google is adding an opt-in Personal Intelligence feature to AI Mode in Search, letting the chatbot analyze your Gmail and Google Photos to tailor responses and suggestions (such as travel itineraries and shopping) based on your emails, bookings, and photos. The rollout is in the US for personal Google accounts. Google says Gemini 3 doesn’t train directly on Gmail or Photos, using limited data from prompts/responses, and users can correct recommendations via feedback.

Google's Gemini adds Personal Intelligence to weave your apps into smarter, more personal AI
technology7 months ago

Google's Gemini adds Personal Intelligence to weave your apps into smarter, more personal AI

Google is rolling out Personal Intelligence, a beta Gemini feature that lets you connect Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search to tailor AI responses using your own data. You can enable or disable the feature, choose which apps to connect, and disconnect anytime. It aims to provide more context-aware, personalized guidance (e.g., pulling tire specs or license plate details from your data) but Google warns of possible inaccuracies or over-personalization and seeks user feedback. The rollout is in the US for eligible subscribers.

Gemini tailors responses by drawing context from your Google apps
technology7 months ago

Gemini tailors responses by drawing context from your Google apps

Google's Gemini now offers 'Personal Intelligence,' a feature that can pull context from across a user's Google ecosystem—Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube history—to tailor its answers; it’s opt-in in the US for Google AI Pro/Ultra, with controls to choose which apps are used, it won’t train directly on that pulled data, and users can delete chat histories, with a broader rollout planned across products later.