Anyone who has white-knuckled a highway merge while Maps cheerfully announced “turn right in 0.2 miles” onto a median knows the app was overdue for a reality check. On Thursday, Google delivered one.
Two Gemini-powered features dropped Thursday, and together they’re the biggest thing to happen to Maps in more than ten years.
GoogleWhat if you could just ask Maps a real question?
Ask Maps is the one people will talk about first — it’s an AI chat tab built specifically for the messy, oddly specific questions that normal search just fumbles.
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Stuff like: “where can I charge my phone without waiting behind a dozen people for coffee?” or “I’m driving through Arizona this weekend, what are the recommended stops along the way?”
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