It is now several days since the AI chatbot has been available on my side and since it started with Local Guides to test its features, I think it is good to share my experience of using it.
In my opinion, it is a very interesting feature. It is so nice that you can chat with someone easily to find your desired places. It is beautiful with images and chosen review cards.
Still, it is not complete. First, it only supports the English language for chatting over both sides of the cat and even for searches! The Gemini is much smarter in this respect. This caused a big lack of results for those who only have English reviews!
On the other hand, currently, it is more useful for the results in an area such as a city or sub-locality but not for the results nearby. I tried a lot to find desired places nearby but each time the AI suggested places far apart as I searched for the whole city!
I understand it is in the experiment phase and will be better in the future. So our feedback will help the team to do their best to have a useful feature.
Finally, again I should emphasize that it is a much-needed and useful feature that just needs to be completed and definitely our feedback is helpful in this case. So, please share your experience here if you have tested Gen-AI in Google Maps.
@DeniGu : Wouldn’t it be an idea to bundle all such ai-related feedback into one topic? I remember my questions I asked @@@@@ @Sp31 related to this in another topic,
I am also talking about Generative AI in Google Maps as I attached its screenshot. I shared my personal experience.
It is a wonder to me that you told you can chat with other language. I even tested French and had no result. May you please share a chat with it in another language rather than English?
@Amiran : Hoe zie je dat je die generatieve ai kan gebruiken? Ik heb b.v. chat volgens mij niet ingeschakeld op maps; maar stel dat ik dat wel deed of “gesproken zoekopdracht” gebruik, hoe weet ik dan dat ik van ai gebruikmaak? Ik zie geen screenshots.
Ich habe heute Maps nochmal abgesucht aber diese Funktion ist noch nicht vorhanden, naja irgendwann wird sie sich sicher einfinden und jetzt wissen wir zumindest wie sie aussieht.
@Annaelisa@PrasadVR @ Ermest and @Janvanhaver: did someone of you see this new functionality in Europe? I hope the availability is also indicated by a text and not only by differently colored icons. I think I didn’t have this functionality yet. It’s also possible my smartphone and android-version are too old: I use a smartphone running android11. Another question: is it also available on the maps.google.com website? If this latter is the case, I didn’t see it neither. I mostly use the website, so I think I will find it more quickly if it’s also available on the website.
Dus het is pas zichtbaar nadat ik op een zoekbalk tik of een zoekopdracht start? Het is niet zo dat ik het kan activeren terwijl ik gewoon even door de app navigeer om te kijken wat er nieuw is? Is het ook enkel voor android12 of hoger beschikbaar? Misschien kan @DeniGu of collega’s dit laatste eerder weten dan u? Bedankt voor de info.
Yes, If it is available for any user, it is easily accessible by tapping the search bar and as a suggestion under the search field. So, there is no option to enable it separately.
Also, as far as I know, it should be available even on lower versions of Android. Just note that rolling out new features takes a lot of time to be available for all users.
