Google Maps is going to start helping you find new places to visit and answer questions about different locations thanks to Gemini.

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.

We tend to think of Google Maps as a straight-up navigation tool, like a digital compass that gets us from point A to point B without getting hopelessly lost. But no, there's more you can use it for.

Google has unveiled a whole host of new features for its Google Maps, Waze and Google Earth apps. The apps will get a number of new features thanks to the AI model Gemini. You might also want to know how to turn off the annoying 3D buildings view in Google Maps and see the funniest images captured from Google Street View.