Google Maps will display AI-powered review summaries in India

Google is adding latest AI-powered features to Maps in India, including AI-powered summaries, the power to go looking for attractions, and weather alerts.

The Maps app will analyze reviews and display place summaries, he added. The company announced this on Thursday at Google’s annual India event.

Additionally, users will find a way to go looking Maps for items and attractions, corresponding to asking for “unique picnic spots” or “themed birthday cakes,” to search out cake vendors.

When people ask such questions, Google Maps will display images first, which will prioritize photos uploaded by businesses and users, the corporate says.

Google uses image recognition to associate labels or descriptions of places with such queries.

The company also said that while navigating, users will see latest weather alerts for areas with poor visibility because of fog and flooded roads.

The suite of latest features will be rolled out to users in India later this month. AI-powered review summaries debuted on Maps in the US in February. Google competitor Yelp also displays business summaries on its revamped feed in the USA

In July, Google added quite a few India-specific features to Google Maps, including higher navigation directions, higher navigation on overpasses and narrow roads, electric vehicle charging stations, and community-generated lists to find places in chosen cities.