Google Maps adds Gemini to a major feature in new test

Google looks to be adding AI to yet another popular Google product. In a new test, Gemini appears in a popular crowdsourced Google Maps feature. As first discovered by Android Authority, Google is ...

Google Maps turns Gemini into your AI tour guide and cycling copilot

Google is continuing its rapid-fire week of Gemini updates by bringing its AI assistant out of the car and onto the sidewalk. While "Gemini in navigation" has been helping drivers for a few months, ...

I’ll never use Google Maps again without enabling this simple setting – it’s changed my journeys for the better

Want a better Google Maps experience? Enabling this small feature and your journeys could start instantly feeling the benefits ...
GitHub

Google Maps Card for Home Assistant

💡 Most Google APIs have quotas and exceeding limits may incur charges. However Google Maps JavaScript API itself has no daily limit and it is free and unlimited as of August, 2025 until any policy ...

Google Maps Now Lets You Chat With Gemini AI While Walking or Biking

Google Maps now lets you talk to Gemini while following walking or cycling directions. The latest update is an extension to the AI chatbot's existing conversational navigation feature in driving mode ...

Gemini will be your Google Maps companion, even if you're walking on cycling

Gemini for Maps is now launching for walking and cycling, bringing the conversational navigation assistant to all modes of ...
9to5Google

Gemini expands to Google Maps walking, cycling navigation

After debuting for driving directions in November, Gemini in Google Maps navigation is now officially available when walking and cycling.

The secret swipes that make Google Maps more usable while driving

The two-finger swipe gesture is the only way to tilt the map view, and it's easy to use. All you do is tap on the screen with ...
EURweb

Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Which App to Use in 2025

*The debate between Apple Maps and Google Maps has evolved beyond simple navigation accuracy for iPhone owners. Both platforms provide precise directions with matching route suggestions and comparable ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Updates JavaScript SEO Doc With Setting Canonical URL Advice

Google updated its JavaScript SEO best practices document with a new section on how to set the canonial URL when using JavaScript. Google wrote, "The best way to set the canonical URL is to use HTML, ...
Search Engine Land

Google clarifies canonicalization with JavaScript

Google updated its JavaScript SEO best practices document, for the second time this week, this time to clarify canonicalization best practices for JavaScript. In short, Google said “setting the ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Warns: Don't Use NoIndex Tags In Pages That Use JavaScript

Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to warn against using a noindex tag in the original page code on JavaScript pages. Google wrote, "if you do want the page indexed, don't use a noindex ...