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

And next month, Google will start adding more detailed lane information to some metropolitan areas.

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 added a number of AI, Gemini-powered, features to Google Maps including new search features, review summaries for place listings and a way to ask about a specific business listing where AI will give you answers.

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.”

Google hopes the next time you're looking for a new restaurant or something to do, you'll find it with Google Maps. Powered by Gemini, Google's generative AI model, Google Maps is getting a recommendations engine that curates experiences and suggestions based on your searches.

Google is bringing its Gemini AI assistant into more of its software suite, announcing several new features for Google Maps. Users looking for ideas about places to go in Maps can now ask conversational questions about the type of location they want and receive answers from Gemini.

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced Thursday will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google already has been baking into its

If Google is in the middle of reinventing itself around AI, you wouldn’t know it from the latest Google Maps updates.

Google Maps introduces AI-powered search tools to discover things to do and more detailed navigation features for safer driving.

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