Google Maps Upgrades Navigation In India With Gemini, Safety Alerts

Google is adding Gemini to Maps successful India, on pinch roadworthy information alerts and much accusation astir routes.

The AI integration, launched successful nan U.S. connected Wednesday, brings hands-free AI assistance to Maps, arsenic good arsenic contextual suggestions while navigating and accusation astir places of interest.

Miriam Daniel, vice president and caput of Google Maps, said nan rollout required important localization.

“When we opportunity localizing for India, it’s not conscionable nan language,” she said astatine a virtual briefing. “It’s besides adapting to really Indians usage nan product, really Indians will talk, really they will inquire for questions, really they will place places, nan geopolitical places, nan thoroughfare names, you know, everything is benignant of different successful India.”

Gemini successful Maps will beryllium disposable to each Android and iOS users successful India successful nan coming weeks, Google said. At launch, Gemini will support 9 Indian languages.

Google is besides adding a group of India-specific navigation and commuting updates. Drivers will now get visual and audio alerts erstwhile they’re passing accident-prone stretches. Google said it is moving connected these alerts pinch section authorities, and nan characteristic will rotation retired to Android users successful Gurugram, nan Cyberabad region of Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Faridabad.

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Google has travel nether scrutiny successful India complete nan reliability of immoderate navigation routes, aft a car drove disconnected an unfinished bridge successful Uttar Pradesh, sidesplitting 3 men, precocious past year.

“The existent world conditions tin support changing, and it’s very dynamic, and sometimes it changes successful an instant. Maps can’t beryllium meticulous 100% of nan time,” said Anal Ghosh, elder programme head for Google Maps, erstwhile asked astir warnings for incomplete roads aliases unfinished bridges. “So we would promote users to guarantee that they’re keeping their eyes connected nan road.”

Google said it has collaborated pinch nan country’s highways regulator, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), to person adjacent real-time information connected roadworthy closures, diversions and repair work. The institution said nan business will besides let Maps to show wayside amenities specified arsenic nationalist restrooms, restaurants and substance stations on nationalist highways.

Other caller features see proactive notifications astir awesome disruptions aliases delays connected routes, moreover erstwhile users are not navigating. These alerts are rolling retired to Android users for highways and awesome roads successful New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

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The app will besides show velocity limits during navigation, utilizing information from section postulation authorities. This characteristic is rolling retired to Android and iOS users successful 9 cities: Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Hyderabad (including nan Cyberabad region), Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Noida.

Building connected nan flyover navigation feature launched past year, Maps is now getting voice support for flyovers. This characteristic is rolling retired to Android and iOS users complete nan coming weeks.