Google Maps is heading in a new direction with artificial intelligence sitting in the passenger's seat. Fueled by Google's Gemini AI technology, the world's most popular navigation app will become a more conversational companion as part of a redesign announced Wednesday.

Google is giving Maps a serious AI upgrade. The company has started integrating its Gemini assistant directly into the app, introducing hands-free voice controls that make navigation smarter and safer.

Google Finance has a few new AI features, including Gemini-powered Deep Search reports, prediction market data, and a new live experience for earnings calls.

Google has slowly been adding AI to many of its products, including Maps, which last year got an updated version of Immersive View that allows users to ask questions about surrounding businesses and activities. Now the company is bringing AI into some of the core functions of Maps: route planning and navigation.

Which is more useful when you’re driving: being told to ‘turn right in 500 feet’ or’turn right after the Thai Siam Restaurant? Google is betting on the latter, using its most advanced AI, Gemini. The company’s latest update turns Google Maps from a static navigation tool into a conversational,

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Learn why Google’s Gemini 3.0 is being hailed as the future of AI, challenging OpenAI and redefining what’s possible in technology. DeepMind AI

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