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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Maps navigation just got a big 3D upgrade  Android Police Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Maps update improves Android Auto navigation experience with 3D building syncing  PhoneArena Source link

It looks like Google is going all-in on artificial intelligence (AI), and following the rebranding of its generative AI chatbot from Bard to Gemini, it’s now bringing generative AI recommendations to Google Maps. The AI-aided recommendations will help Google Maps perform even better searches for a variety of destinations, and the feature is also supposedly able to function as an advisor that can offer insights and tips about things like location, budgets, and the weather. Once the feature… Source link

Those who have a Wear OS 3-powered smartwatch with LTE connectivity can now use Google Maps for turn-by-turn navigation even when the smartwatch is not paired to a smartphone, Google has announced. Also Read: Google Voice to show label for suspected spam calls “If you have an LTE-enabled watch, or your watch is connected to the internet via WiFi, you can now enjoy having maps available on your wrist. This is especially helpful when you’re out for a run or ride and have left your phone… Source link

The Google Home Wear OS 3 app has been updated and includes a new list view and performance improvements. Back in October, Google announced a Public Preview of its Google Home app for Wear OS smartwatches. The app was only compatible with Wear OS 3 smartwatches, and at the time, it was pretty bare-bones, lacking many advanced features. But at least it was something. Today, Google took to Twitter to announce that it had made some updates for the Public… Source link

Enlarge / After you press the “buy tickets” button, the Google Assistant takes over. Google Google kills product View more stories Google is shutting down a rather obscure project: Google Duplex on the Web. “Duplex” is Google’s branding for AI that does “simple but familiar tasks that saves you time.” The branding exists on two products: this “web” feature and Google’s human-impersonating voice AI, the… Source link

Google announced today it is expanding its options for eco-friendly routing on Google Maps to 40 more countries across Europe. Eco-friendly routes, first introduced to U.S-based users last year, offer to show more fuel-efficient routes instead of the fastest ones. Users can see the eco-friendly route marked with a leaf label. To adjusts settings for eco-friendly routes, users can tap on their profile picture on Google Maps, head to Settings > Navigation Settings,… Source link

Sept 27 (Reuters) – Phiar, a startup aiming to enhance in-car navigation systems by overlaying directions on real-time video, announced on Monday that Google’s head of Android automotive platforms joined as chief executive and State Farm Ventures led a $12 million funding round. Incoming CEO Gene Karshenboym said other new investors include mapping company Telenav, which was taken private by its co-founder in February, and SoftBank Vision Fund-backed driving analytics app developer Cambridge… Source link

Google Maps is generally pretty darn great, but it’s always good to have alternatives. There have been a variety of new navigation tools for the Android Auto system over the last few months, including Waze, TomTom, and Gaia, all taking advantage of new third-party API options. The latest is Yandex.Maps, the popular mapping app from Russia-based Yandex. The Android Auto functionality may have been active earlier this month with version 10.5.0 of the app. But the new addition has now… Source link

When it’s Google Maps vs Waze, it’s not easy deciding which app you should use to help you get around. Both services are incredibly similar, even down to their parent company: Google. So how the heck do you decide which to use? Despite their growing similarity, Waze and Google Maps do offer different things. Google Maps may have the name recognition and reach, but Waze has a loyal following of drivers who swear by its method of quickly getting you from A to B. Saying which service is best… Source link