Semafor: “Users can ask open-ended questions, such as “What’s parking like at my destination?” or “Is there a good restaurant nearby?” It’s part of Google’s wider move toward AI: Google’s Meet, Docs, and Calendar all have AI functionality via the company’s Gemini model, and its AI can also read all of your Gmail messages. As for Google’s competitors, ChatGPT is increasingly integrated within the Apple ecosystem, as well as Microsoft Office. AI hallucinations could be problematic while driving — even the unenhanced Maps app has occasionally directed people offroad — but Google says that won’t happen because the navigation features are grounded in “actual place information in the real world.”