Google updated Google Maps with a few handy AI-enhanced features: What's new in immersive view, Live View, EV charging, and navigation.
Google’s Wednesday event did bring new announcements concerning Maps, Search, and Translate. The apps get a few smart new features, but don’t expect chatbots in any of them.After introducing immersive view last year, Google is rolling out the Maps feature more widely.
With immersive view, Google Maps can go down to street level and even enter restaurants. This is another area where Google uses AI to create life-like tours that look like video recordings. However, Google relies on its neural radiance fields tech to merge 2D photos into 3D experiences. Google neural radiance fields tech produces video-like experiences from images. Image source: GoogleA more exciting use of AI concerns the AR features in Google Maps. That’s a feature Maps users have been taking advantage of for quite some time. Just point the camera phone at your surroundings in Google Maps, and digital information will populate the screen.
The company said 1,000 new airports, train stations, and malls in various markets would get the functionality. Barcelona, Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Paris, Prague, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, and Taipei are some of the markets where Google Maps users will get the Live View AI features.will soon be available to users who own cars with Google built-in.
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