Gemini just became your new Google Maps buddy

PCWorld reports Google Maps now integrates Gemini AI through new'Ask Maps' and'Immersive Navigation' features for enhanced user experiences. Ask Maps enables conversational queries for personalized destination planning and complex itineraries based on search history and preferences. Immersive Navigation offers 3D route views with smart zooms, transparent buildings, and detailed destination previews including parking and entrances. We've already seen mapping functionality make its way into the ChatGPT and Gemini apps, but the big mapping apps haven't had much use for AI-until now, anyway. Google has just announced Ask Maps, a new "conversational experience" for Google Maps that puts Gemini front and center, allowing you to chat with the Maps app about where you want to go and what you want to do.