Google Maps is getting two new features that make using its navigation app even easier while driving. Here's how the new features work.

I HAVE ALL THESE HIGHWAY MAPS THAT I PICK UP AT THE REST AREAS, MAPS. ANDY WOODRUFF PROUDLY SHOWS US THE HUNDREDS HE HAS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS. THESE ARE MADE BY MAJOR CARTOGRAPHY FIRMS OF THE DAY.

Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign unveiled on Thursday.

Google today added Gemini AI to Google Maps, enabling a new Ask Maps feature. Gemini in maps can answer complex, real-world questions that Google says "a map could never answer before".