Similarly, Google already offers a Popular Times feature to track the best and worst times to travel. This year, Google says that its analyzed the data from that tool and found the busiest and least busy times for popular places that get a lot of traffic over the holidays like the airport, post office and shopping centers.

Gemini AI is coming to Google Maps to make it easier to navigate to your destination. Users can ask Google Maps questions about a place, and get AI-generated answers based on reviews. Google Maps is also expanding Immersive View to 150 cities and adding voice incident reporting to Waze.

Google is adding a handful of new features to Maps in time for the holidays, including the ability to search for specific products within the app itself. If you need a sweater for your annual ugly sweater party,

Google Maps is gearing up for the holidays with new features to save your sanity during travel chaos and those inevitable last-minute gift runs. Announced in a blog post today, Google Maps is rolling out a feature that lets you hunt down specific items at nearby stores.

Google Maps has been given a fairly substantial update in time for the holidays, with the introduction of an in-app product search function to

Google Maps now helps holiday shoppers find specific products, view prices, and get directions to stores with real-time inventory listings.

The new Maps update also makes it easier to track bus and rail delays and tells you the least busy times to visit local locations.

A major feature dump for Google Maps just rolled out to make getting around easier during the holidays. New features include smart shopping tools, immersive route views, live updates for road conditions and transit lines,