On Wednesday, Google rolled out a bunch of updates to its Maps app that promise to use its Gemini chatbot to make navigating places just a little easier. The big one: You can now converse with Gemini right in the Google Maps app to ask for nearby restaurants, available EV chargers along your route or what have you.

Google Maps is rolling out a handful of Gemini -powered Android and iOS features beginning this week. The biggest update is landmark-based navigation, which could make directions easier to follow by referencing well-known places along your route, like gas stations, restaurants, and buildings that are easy to spot from the street.

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Google is adding Gemini to Maps in India, along with road safety alerts and more information about routes. The AI integration, launched in the U.S. on Wednesday, brings hands-free AI assistance to Maps, as well as contextual suggestions while navigating and information about places of interest.