Google Maps gets conversational with Gemini-powered "Ask Maps"

For years, Google Maps has been able to surface nearby coffee shops and provide turn-by-turn navigation. What it couldn't do was answer complex questions that blend ...

Google overhauls its Maps app, adding in more AI features to help people get around

One tool called Ask Maps will expand upon conversational abilities that Google brought to the service last November, giving suggestions to users looking for things such as nearby places to charge ...
InfoWorld

Google unveils API and MCP server for developer documentation

Developer Knowledge API and Model Context Protocol server. Together connect AI agents to Google’s developer and Google Cloud documentation. Google is previewing the Developer Knowledge API and an ...
TechCrunch

Google Maps now lets you access Gemini while walking and cycling

Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps users can now access Gemini hands-free while walking and cycling. The update comes a few months after Google Maps rolled out its Gemini-powered hands-free ...
Lifehacker

10 Hacks Every Google Maps User Should Know

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Google Maps is the only navigation service I ...
Search Engine Land

Google clarifies canonicalization with JavaScript

Google updated its JavaScript SEO best practices document, for the second time this week, this time to clarify canonicalization best practices for JavaScript. In short, Google said “setting the ...
VentureBeat

Why Google's new Interactions API is such a big deal for AI developers

For the last two years, the fundamental unit of generative AI development has been the "completion." You send a text prompt to a model, it sends text back, and the transaction ends. If you want to ...
Android Police

Google Maps introduced one of its handiest features yet but it's not on Android

Chandra Steele has been writing about tech for the entirety of her journalism career. She loves making tough topics easy to understand. Before joining Android Police, Chandra was senior features ...
Search Engine Land

Google launches Data Manager API

Google’s new Data Manager API gives advertisers a simpler, centralized way to feed first-party data into its AI systems. Google is rolling out a new Data Manager API that lets you plug first-party ...
GitHub

[Bug] Internal script error when Google Maps API is loaded from user cache

This is an interesting error. We get about 400 instances daily with a high traffic site- considered pretty low frequency. Error: Google Maps JavaScript API error ...
TechRepublic

Gemini Comes to Google Maps With Insider Tips, Social Lists, and EV Tools

Gemini Comes to Google Maps With Insider Tips, Social Lists, and EV Tools Your email has been sent Google Maps adds AI-powered tips, social recommendations, reviewer privacy tools, and EV charger ...
MacRumors

Google Maps Getting Gemini AI Tips, EV Charger Predictions, and Anonymous Reviews

Google today announced several new features that are coming to the Google Maps app, including Gemini-powered tips, trending places, and estimates on EV charger availability. When searching for places ...