Google Maps: to find ideas for outings, Gemini AI to the rescue
It's the must-have of the moment, whatever its field of application. Artificial intelligence is available in all kinds of ways, particularly on smartphones. Google is one of the companies most invested in this area, and is now placing its in-house AI, Gemini, at the center of its ecosystem, particularly mobile. Mountain View now integrates it into one of its most popular tools: Maps. A real spotlight, the GPS mapping and navigation application counting, according to the firm's figures, the trifle of two billion users per month.
Gemini in Google Maps, but what exactly for? To help you find ideas for outings. It's not really a question of recommending personalized routes, since you can already do that easily – by opting for your favorite means of transport, choosing to avoid tolled highways or avoiding areas affected by roadworks. Rather, it's about exploiting the potential of reviews left by Maps users on all types of places – restaurants, bars, museums, stores, etc. – to better recommend activities based on your request. All you have to do is enter your request in the application's search bar (“things to do as a family in the afternoon”, “evening as a couple”, etc.) to benefit from personalized recommendations and ask questions. more precise to the AI on the places it recommends to you.
These are just the beginnings of Gemini in Maps: Google is only announcing availability in the United States starting this week, but has the merit of offering the same options on Android devices and on iOS terminals; the international deployment of this function has not been specified. The American also mentions “similar experiences”such “AI-generated review summaries” offered in the coming months in the results of its search engine.
Immersive View comes to 150 cities
Always keen to develop its service, Google is adding a small dose of additional AI to Maps by developing its Immersive View function. This combines artificial intelligence and 3D modeling to show what routes look like, but also places such as stadiums or parks in an “immersive” view, which allows you to better visualize them before going there. . It has been available in Paris and around fifty cities since the end of 2023, and now extends to 150 cities, including Brussels, Kyoto and Frankfurt.
