// THE VERGE — INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE
You can now ask Google Maps’ AI to order food for you
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Ask Maps has new agentic features, live transit updates, and Gemini’s Personal Intelligence.
Ask Maps has new agentic features, live transit updates, and Gemini’s Personal Intelligence.
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The AI-powered “Ask Maps” tool in Google Maps can now perform a broader range of personalized and conversational requests, including ordering food, finding hotels, and providing suggestions that factor in your existing plans. These are among several new features announced for Ask Maps today, which aim to “make it easier than ever to get more done” without having to close the Google Maps app, according to Google Maps head, Miriam Daniel.
New agentic capabilities include asking Maps to order you food while considering contextual information like specific dietary needs, location, and places you’ve saved. For example, Google says you can ask it to “order spicy pad kee mao with seafood for me to pick up on my way home” before leaving work, and Ask Maps will find open restaurants along your route back that serve that meal. When you select a restaurant, Ask Maps can automatically add the dish to your cart so you can complete the order. Food ordering is rolling out with partners like Square and Toast now, according to Google, with Uber Eats support coming soon.
Ask Maps can now find hotels and local events that suit your specific requirements, such as having a particular aesthetic or being within walking distance of gyms, restaurants, and other facilities. Maps also now allows you to contribute and edit location information conversationally via Ask Maps or the Contribute tab. This includes uploading photographs like storefront signs that Maps will automatically extract information from, such as updated opening hours, before asking you to confirm the suggestion before it’s submitted.