By Tech Target 
Over time, Google has implemented several incremental improvements to Gemini, making it easier to derive the contexts of the AI across the four houses. For instance, opening a PDF file in the Files app has a Gemini chip that analyzes it.
The same would call it while using the app, which prompts “ask about screen” with live video access. This is now extended to Google Maps for the same treatment as well. When you have a place card in Maps open and bring Gemini, it will show an “ask about place” chip right above the chat box.
Gemini has been obtaining Google Maps information for some time now through the so-called “apps” (known as extensions previously), but now it is really showing up inside the Maps application. The name is self-descriptive. When you touch on the “ask about place” button, the selected location is loaded as a live card in the chat window to offer contextual answers.
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One query at a time eases Maps experience
Imagine checking a coffee shop on Google Maps. Simple as that, click on that location pin and open the info card, with Gemini activated. This way, you can inquire from the assistant, summoning the briefest route, and it would summarize the reply in plain language. Even more, every one of the mentions and indications in the reply is neatly linked ftogeher.
Users can also summon Gemini to ask it about opening/closing times, reviews, menu items, and anything else. It can help with general queries such as “nearest restaurants,” “highest rated with menu specifics,” or “open libraries in this area,” among other things.
Conciseness is declining. Gemini would otherwise answer all the questions asked by using only typing or natural spoken sentences instead of spanned, zoomed, and back-and-forth between Google Search and Maps view.
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Lacks polish
Currently, the newly integrated Gemini in Maps suffers from functional defects. Despite being publicly reviewed, there will be times it would fail to summarize the community contribution. One time, it misunderstood a simple question regarding a restaurant menu’s top items and summarized the food options from other nearby restaurants.
This was first uncovered by Android Authority; however, the time it began its roll-out remains unknown. I have tried this with an account subscribed to Gemini Advanced, but I cannot tell whether this new roll-out Gemini feature is well within subscriptions.