en.Wedoany.com Reported - Google has announced the integration of new artificial intelligence features into its Chrome browser and Google Maps app, aiming to transform how users navigate cities and use the internet. On Google Maps, users can directly ask the virtual assistant for public transit routes or restaurant recommendations; in Chrome, the system can summarize text content and identify specific moments in YouTube videos.

These features are not integrated into the company's main generative AI application, Gemini, but instead each app has its own new chatbot. The new assistant on Google Maps, named "Pergunte ao Maps," combines data from over 300 million locations and reviews from 500 million users to provide guidance. For example, instead of searching for a location and using filter buttons, users can directly ask "how to get to a certain neighborhood by train" or find quality restaurants in a neighborhood. The company stated that the tool is being rolled out this week to the most active "Local Guides" users, who contribute to the platform by uploading photos and reviewing places in exchange for points. André Kowaltowski, General Manager of Google Maps for Latin America, said the feature will be rolled out to all users in Brazil in the coming weeks and will appear as a search bar at the top of the app. Currently, the project is available in the United States and India, with the first phase supporting only text interactions, not image recognition. The system can access location history to suggest routes, but users can disable this in privacy settings.

The Chrome browser receives the company's latest AI model, Gemini 3.1, in an auxiliary tab on the right side of the screen, a feature pushed to users who update their browser this Wednesday. The tool can summarize pages, compose emails, and edit images directly within the browser without opening other tabs. Similar features are already offered by competing browsers such as OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet. However, Gemini in Chrome initially lacks the ability to shop or search for discount coupons. Charmaine D’Silva, Director of Product for Chrome, stated that since January, the company has been testing these options in the United States under the name "Chrome Autobrowse," and emphasized that the system avoids processing data from unindexed pages and does not store personal information.

In the enterprise sector, updates to Gemini for Enterprise are simultaneously entering the Brazilian and U.S. markets. Google Cloud engineer Marcos Speca created a virtual assistant in two minutes that can read emails and send a daily summary of key topics at 9:00 AM each day. In a demonstration, the engineer showed the assistant analyzing Google Drive files and generating a presentation based on the financial report of parent company Alphabet, organizing revenue data from the YouTube and Cloud divisions. Multinational advertising agency WPP uses Gemini Enterprise to manage over 100,000 virtual assistants that create and review automated artwork during social media ad campaigns. Google also announced the expansion of the Green Light project to the city of São Paulo, which uses artificial intelligence and traffic data from Waze and Google Maps to suggest adjustments to traffic light timings to reduce driver wait times. According to Google data, in cities where the system is already operational, such as Rio de Janeiro and São José dos Campos, vehicle stops have been reduced by up to 30%. Fabio Coelho, President of Google Brazil, expressed hope that it can help address São Paulo's daily traffic congestion exceeding 300 kilometers.

Google's search tool allows users to directly book restaurant seats through an AI interface, relying on voice or text commands and integrating with booking platforms Tagme and Get In. Leandro Esposito, Director of Search and Gemini Partnerships for Google Brazil, said the feature will expand nationwide as integration with partners progresses. YouTube's AI text editing tool now supports Portuguese language commands, allowing video editing on mobile phones, with a mode similar to TikTok. Eduardo Trombini summarized that if a scene is missing, it can be completed using artificial intelligence.

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