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Ask Maps by Google
Ask Maps questions, drive with immersive navigation.
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Ask Maps questions, drive with immersive navigation.
167 followers
Google Maps gets a major Gemini-powered upgrade. Ask Maps lets you ask complex, real-world questions about places and get personalized answers. Immersive Navigation adds vivid 3D routes with lanes, landmarks, and smarter guidance for a more intuitive driving experience. Rollout live in US and India.









Google Maps is reimagining navigation with Gemini.
The new Ask Maps feature lets you ask real-world questions conversationally and get personalized recommendations powered by data from over 300M places and insights from 500M+ contributors.
Instead of searching multiple tabs, you can simply ask things like where to charge your phone, find a tennis court at night, or plan stops on a road trip. Maps then shows options on a customized map and lets you take action by booking, saving, or navigating.
Google is also introducing Immersive Navigation, the biggest navigation update in over a decade. It adds vivid 3D route views, highlights lanes, traffic lights, and crosswalks, and gives more natural voice guidance to help drivers prepare for turns, merges, and exits.
The result is a more intuitive way to explore places and navigate routes with real-world context and smarter guidance.
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This feels like the natural evolution of maps.
Is the AI answering queries using real-time map data or more like a conversational layer on top of existing search?
Super curious how navigation + AI interaction will blend here.
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Has seen this comparison (Google vs Apple 2021). Dunno, Apple still feels a bit user friendlier: https://x.com/techdroider/status/2032146599783383196?s=20