Google Maps' Newest Feature Turns Your Screenshots Into Unique Travel Plans
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Summary
Google Maps is using AI from its in-house Gemini AI tool to allow users to save locations from iPhone screenshots directly to Google Maps.
The tool works on scanned iPhone screenshots for location information, extracts any text that relates to place names and collates them on a map.
It is aimed at people who frequently take screenshots of destinations when researching places to visit and want to save those places proactively.
The new tool scans for text relating to place names and addresses and will notify the user when it has identified locations ready for review and saving.
It works on iOS devices in the US and is rolling out to Android devices in the near future.
It can help streamline travel planning by organising places discovered online and getting those places instantly mapped.
Users can then easily share the Google Maps locations with their travel companions.
