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You can chat with Google Maps now, thanks to this big AI upgrade - how it works

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Google launched Gemini upgrades to Google Maps.

You can use Talk to Google Maps to find your destination.

You can use Lens to learn more about your current location.

Gemini has been integrated across nearly all of Google's offerings -- and now it's time for Google Maps' AI facelift.

On Wednesday, the company launched four upgrades to Google Maps that make it easier for users to get where they want to go, including new multimodal features, such as conversational natural language prompts to find a stop en route or Lens to identify new places at your destination.

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For a rundown of each new feature and how to access it, keep reading below.

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