Now you can chat with Google Maps to order food, reserve hotels and more

Google is enhancing its Ask Maps chatbot with new capabilities, allowing users to order food, book hotels, and discover live events through conversational interactions. The feature, launched in March, is being expanded with agentic capabilities, enabling users to directly order food from partners like Toast, Square, and Uber Eats.

Users can specify their preferences, such as budget and nearby attractions, and Ask Maps will find suitable hotels and check real-time availability. The chatbot will also integrate with Google's Personal Intelligence, allowing it to remember user preferences and connect with other Google services like Gmail, making recommendations based on context, such as past trips.

Additionally, Ask Maps will provide live transit widgets for frequent users, displaying real-time updates on wait times and delays for services like Vancouver's SeaBus. Finally, Google Maps' Local Guides can submit edits through Ask Maps, which will be reviewed for accuracy before being confirmed. These features are rolling out in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and 150 other countries where English is spoken, with food ordering, hotel booking, live event discovery, and conversational contributions launching first in the US before expanding globally.