Google's Ask Maps tool is getting a major upgrade, adding agentic capabilities that let the AI assistant handle multi-step tasks like ordering takeout, finding hotels, and discovering local events. The new features build on Ask Maps, which Google calls its biggest Maps transformation in over a decade, and arrive alongside real-time transit info and a new Personal Intelligence option.
Ask Maps can now handle food ordering through conversational requests, such as telling it to "order spicy pad kee mao with seafood for me to pick up on my way home." After you pick a restaurant, Ask Maps can automatically drop the dish into your cart for review before you complete the purchase.
Food ordering is rolling out now with partners like Square and Toast, with Uber Eats support coming soon.
The tool also compares real-time prices and checks availability for hotels, factoring in your specific requirements, and surfaces local events with links for tickets. Users can now contribute edits conversationally, including uploading a photo of a storefront sign so Maps can detect new hours and ask for confirmation before submitting the suggestion.
Food ordering, hotel and event discovery, and conversational contributions are launching now in the U.S., with more countries to follow. Meanwhile, a new transit widget delivers up-to-the-minute delay updates for buses, trains, subways, and ferries, rolling out everywhere Ask Maps is available, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, and Mexico.
Google is also introducing Personal Intelligence, which can securely connect Ask Maps to Gmail (off by default) and soon other apps like Calendar, so responses factor in existing plans like upcoming flights or dinner reservations.
