Google Maps on CarPlay rolling out Gemini when navigating
9to5Google • • technology
Key Points:
- Google Maps on Apple CarPlay now features Gemini, a voice assistant that enables conversational navigation and multi-step queries while driving.
- Users can ask complex questions, request optimal visit times based on weather and crowd levels, and issue navigation commands such as avoiding toll roads.
- This marks the first time Google Maps offers voice assistant functionality directly within CarPlay, expanding beyond the previous limitation of using Google Assistant only on the iPhone.
- Gemini also allows drivers to report traffic disruptions by voice, aligning the CarPlay experience with features already available on Android Auto and Google Maps for Android and iOS.
- The Gemini feature is currently available in the US, with a global rollout in progress.
