Gemini just became your new Google Maps buddy

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.

Rolling out today on iOS and Android for users in the U.S. and India (the update hasn’t made its way to my iPhone quite yet)...