- A new Google Maps feature has been spotted for Gemini Live
- He was doing information on Google Maps places
- We do not know when the functionality could be put online for everyone
Google continues to create new features in addition to its live experience Gemini – where you can naturally discuss the AI, and show it the world around you via the camera of your phone – and it seems that a useful level of Google Maps is underway.
The Android Authority team has spotted the hidden code in the last Google application for Android which allows you to superimpose information on Google Maps at the top of the camera viewfinder, you get more details on what you look at.
So, for example, you might see the name of a restaurant and that the Google Maps rating appears if your phone’s camera looks on a street. This is like the augmented reality function Google Lens (AR) which is already available in the Google Maps application.
For the moment, you can already use Gemini Live to point your camera in front of you, whether benchmarks or businesses, and to ask questions about them. Once this new feature is, you will also get Google Maps data.
Smarter device
The Android team Authority has managed to operate the functionality, and it seems basic enough at the moment. You can also get Google Maps information in audio mode, but you need to be precise on the places you want details.
This type of compatible AR superposition would also be useful for smart glasses: imagine being able to display a Google Maps information card in your vision line. We can see a new pair of smart specifications made by Samsung arrive before the end of the month.
It is also based on the new visual guidance feature for Gemini Live that Google has demonstrated during the launch event of Pixel 10, which highlights specific objects in the viewfinder of the camera – such as buttons, parking spaces, tools or everything that is useful.
There is no indication of the moment when this feature can be deployed on the masses, but since the necessary code is already in place – and that Google wanted to repel the functionality of the AI as quickly as possible – it should not be too long before we all saw it.
