Artificial intelligence is increasingly in the center of Google plans that is now integrating it anywhere with the aim of helping users in everyday life. The latest news in this sense invest Google Maps And Google Play Store.
In both cases we are talking about functions enhanced by Gemini: in the app for maps and navigation the support of the assistant IA is useful for providing users with a summary of the reviews of the places suffered under the average evaluation; In the predefined store for apps, games and books of the Android devices (equipped with Google services), the support of the assistant IA is encountered through a tool that wants to help users find the right app to download. Let’s find out all the details.
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Google Maps welcomes the summary of the reviews of the places enhanced by Gemini
As anticipated at the opening, Google Maps began to show some users i Summary of reviews written by users in the card Reviews of a point of interest (via smartroid.de).
This is a novelty that Google announced in October 2024: the summary created by Gemini is provided at the top of the reviews section, immediately below the local vote; However, the possibility remains to consult the individual user reviews.
It is not clear whether this Google Maps function can be exclusive of users in English or if it can soon also be available in Italy; In any case, as always, it is something that will gradually be distributed by Google.
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The umpteenth function ia arrives on the Google Play Store
The Google Play Store is welcoming a new function of IA enhanced by Gemini in the United States who wants to help users in the search (and download) of the right app for them (via Android Authority).
This new function, called What are you look for for? (Lett. “What are you looking for?“) It occurs in the card Near of the Play Store, flanked by the Gemini logo, and proposes some research suggestions.
Taking advantage of one of the suggestions, you access a page of the search results that, under the wording “Organized with the IA” (and the Gemini logo), proposes lists of related apps with two oprions for each category.
This is not the only function of the distinct IA in the store: for some time there have been ask play and the summary of the reviews issued by users for some time. It is not clear when these functions, both the two old ones and this new one, can come out outside the US market.
How to verify that you have installed the latest version of the store
To check that the latest version of the store is installed on your Android smartphone, just access it, make a tap on the Avatar at the top right (the icon of your Google account) and then follow the route “Settings> Information> Update Play Store”.
