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Google Maps Offers Chat Search With ‘Ask Maps’ AI Feature

Ask Maps will be available in the US and India for iOS and Android users starting March 12.
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By Annie Bang

March 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM UTC

Alphabet Inc. is making one of the biggest changes to Google Maps in over a decade, with an “Ask Maps” feature that will allow users to interact with the product like a chatbot.

That means Maps will be able to answer spoken and written requests that mix location and reviews knowledge with personal history and preferences — part of Google’s effort to integrate its AI, Gemini, into all of its products, the company said Thursday.