Google Maps launches new interactive features in the U.S.

Google Maps is introducing two new features, "Ask Maps" and "Gemini-powered immersive navigation," to improve user interaction and navigation experience starting Thursday in the United States on Apple's iOS and Android platforms.

"Ask Maps" lets users interact with maps like a chatbot, allowing them to ask complex spoken or written questions and receive personalized results based on prior searches and saved trips.

"Immersive navigation" uses Gemini models to produce a 3-D view of the road, buildings, overpasses, and terrain around users, with the goal of making routes more intuitive.

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