Google's new Ask Maps features may be more exciting than the upcoming Pixel drop

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Google expanded Ask Google capabilities.

Users can more easily order food, book hotels, and find attractions.

Ask Maps rolls out in English to 130+ countries.

Earlier this year, Google announced Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered feature allowing users to search in Maps with complex, conversational queries. Google is expanding Ask Maps' English capabilities in over 130 countries and now enables agentic food ordering, hotel booking, and attraction searching.

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Users can plan entire days with Ask Google's new AI-powered features, including agentic food ordering that completes every step up to payment, and hotel booking and attraction searching that lets you plan a trip to a new city ahead of time with fewer clicks.

Agentic food ordering

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