Google Maps Can Now Order Your Dinner and Track Your Train Delays
Google Maps Can Now Order Your Dinner and Track Your Train DelaysThursday August 6, 2026 3:59 pm PDT by Juli CloverGoogle today added new agentic capabilities to the Gemini-powered "Ask Maps" assistant in the Google Maps app. Ask Maps can complete multi-step tasks, such as ordering a meal for you on your way home. Google says you can simply say something like "order spicy pad kee mao with seafood for me to pick up on my way home," and Maps will find open restaurants along your route, let you pick one, and add the dish you asked for to your cart so you can review it and check out.
- ▪Google Maps Can Now Order Your Dinner and Track Your Train DelaysThursday August 6, 2026 3:59 pm PDT by Juli CloverGoogle today added new agentic capabilities to the Gemini-powered "Ask Maps" assistant in the Google Maps app.
- ▪Ask Maps can complete multi-step tasks, such as ordering a meal for you on your way home.
- ▪Google says you can simply say something like "order spicy pad kee mao with seafood for me to pick up on my way home," and Maps will find open restaurants along your route, let you pick one, and add the dish you asked for to your cart so yo
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Google Maps Can Now Order Your Dinner and Track Your Train DelaysThursday August 6, 2026 3:59 pm PDT by Juli CloverGoogle today added new agentic capabilities to the Gemini-powered "Ask Maps" assistant in the Google Maps app. Ask Maps can complete multi-step tasks, such as ordering a meal for you on your way home. Google says you can simply say something like "order spicy pad kee mao with seafood for me to pick up on my way home," and Maps will find open restaurants along your route, let you pick one, and add the dish you asked for to your cart so you can review it and check out. Food ordering is rolling out today with partners like Square and Toast, with Uber Eats integration coming soon.
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