Google is including new AI-powered options on Maps in India together with AI-powered summaries, the flexibility to seek for experiences, and climate alerts.
The Maps app will analyze evaluations and present summaries of locations, it mentioned. The corporate made the announcement at its annual Google for India occasion on Thursday.
Moreover, customers will be capable of seek for objects and experiences on Maps — akin to requesting “distinctive picnic spots” or “themed birthday muffins”, to search out cake sellers.
When folks ask such queries, Google Maps will present an image-first expertise which prioritizes displaying pictures that companies and customers have uploaded, the corporate mentioned.
Google has used picture recognition to affiliate labels or descriptions of locations with such queries.
The corporate additionally mentioned that customers will see new climate alerts for low-visibility areas attributable to fog and flooded roads whereas navigating.
The bundle of latest options can be rolled out to customers in India beginning later this month. AI-powered evaluation summaries already debuted on Maps within the U.S. again in February. Google’s competitor, Yelp, additionally exhibits summaries of companies on its revamped feed within the U.S.
In July, Google added a variety of India-specific options for Maps, together with higher navigation steering, higher navigation of flyovers (overpasses) and slim roads, EV charging stations, and community-powered lists for place discovery in choose cities.
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