With the introduction of Google's AI-powered Gemini technology, the maps are now being set up to become entertainment guides in addition to navigational tools.

Google has unveiled a whole host of new features for its Google Maps, Waze and Google Earth apps. The apps will get a number of new features thanks to the AI model Gemini. You might also want to know how to turn off the annoying 3D buildings view in Google Maps and see the funniest images captured from Google Street View.

Google Maps users can now ask Gemini for inspiration on what to do and Waze users will be able to report incidents verbally.

Google Maps is going to start helping you find new places to visit and answer questions about different locations thanks to Gemini.

Google Maps and Waze use AI to offer better driving directions and arrival information for drivers, along with new reporting tools. Rivian also adds a Google AI feature.

Google Maps will offer an enhanced navigation experience soon, as well as Gemini AI integration for discovery and reviews.

Google has started to integrate its Gemini AI into Google Maps, and the interesting new features should prove quickly useful.

Google Maps is getting a big update that’s supposed to help you find new places to visit with AI. Starting this week, you’ll be able to explore more locations with Immersive View and search for specific spots based on a descriptive query like “things to do with friends at night.”

It was going to happen eventually; Gemini AI is making its way to Google Maps. This will give Maps two major capabilities: curating your activities and answering your queries. Suppose your friend is in town,

Google Maps is the most popular navigation app, with over 10 billion downloads from the Google Play Store. A MarketWatch study found that 70% of people in the U.S. use Google Maps for navigation, compared to 27% for Waze and 25% for Apple Maps. It also has has an average of 1.8 billion monthly users.

The shift announced Thursday will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its dominant search engine to the digital maps service that the internet company launched nearly 20 years ago as part of its efforts to expand into new frontiers.

Google Maps users can now try a new AI search feature powered by Google Gemini, read AI-written review summaries, and more.