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Google Maps adds Hindi and live transit tools to Ask Maps
Google has expanded its Ask Maps feature in India with Hindi support, live public transport updates and personalised recommendations. Users can ask questions in Hindi to discover places and plan routes. The…
The Story in Brief
Google has expanded its Ask Maps feature in India with Hindi support, live public transport updates and personalised recommendations. Users can ask questions in Hindi to discover places and plan routes. The service can also provide current information on traffic, weather and crowd levels at selected locations.
An optional Personal Intelligence feature can connect Ask Maps with Gmail, allowing it to use details such as hotel bookings, flights and restaurant reservations when making suggestions. Users with conversation history enabled can resume earlier planning sessions. A new transit widget shows live schedules, delays and connections for buses, metro services and trains, with Delhi's ISBT Kashmere Gate cited as an example.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative is that AI will make travel planning effortless, while the opposing one treats any Gmail connection as an automatic privacy failure. Both skip the conditions. Personalisation is optional, conversation recall needs history settings, and live transit data is useful only where coverage is reliable. Users should check permissions and compare departure information with the transport operator. The real test is whether predicted timings match actual arrivals across Indian cities.
Sources (2): deccanherald.com, livemint.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
