Updated · The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News · Aug 6
Ask Maps Adds Real-Time Transit and Gmail-Powered Planning in 150-Plus Countries
Updated
Updated · The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News · Aug 6
Ask Maps Adds Real-Time Transit and Gmail-Powered Planning in 150-Plus Countries
3 articles · Updated · The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News · Aug 6
Summary
Google is rolling out live transit updates, conversation memory and optional Gmail-linked Personal Intelligence across all markets where Ask Maps is available, expanding the feature to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan and Mexico.
A new transit widget shows minute-by-minute delays for buses, trains, subways and ferries, while Ask Maps can use connected Gmail data—off by default—to tailor suggestions around flights, hotel stays and dinner reservations.
In the U.S., Ask Maps is also adding agentic tasks such as food ordering, hotel discovery, event search and conversational map contributions; food ordering works with Square and Toast, with Uber Eats coming soon.
Those contribution tools tap a network of more than 500 million contributors, letting users suggest edits by chat or upload storefront photos for hour changes, with Google review systems screening submissions before posting.