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Most people use Google Maps to take them where they want to go, but if you're limiting the times you open it to just directions, you're missing out on some of the app's most valuable features. Google ...

Google is integrating its Gemini artificial intelligence assistant into the Maps navigation app. Drivers can access new Gemini features through voice commands on the Google Maps app. Google Maps, the ...

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Google is bringing its Gemini AI to Google Maps to improve navigation and the app’s hands-free driving experience. The AI assistant will soon be able to help users find specific locations, let them ...

In Google Maps, Gemini already exists in place listings, and it’s now coming to the navigation experience on Android and iOS. Google equates this “hands-free, conversational driving experience” to ...

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Google has expanded Gemini AI across its ecosystem, bringing the technology to Pixel phones, Wear OS 6, Android Auto, and Google TV. The most recent apps to receive AI are Google Home and Google Maps.