Google AI tools in Maps enhance vacation planning

Maps now offers a screenshot list feature: Gemini automatically recognizes locations in your app screenshots, allowing you to save them to lists. These saved places appear on your map, and you can share the list with travel companions. This feature launches on iOS in English in the US this week, with Android availability soon.

ever forget about screenshots of places in your camera roll? this new feature was made for you 🙌

Google Maps turns your screenshots into a list of saved places so you can easily find them for later 📸

rolling out this week in the U.S. in English on iOS and coming soon to… pic.twitter.com/z8RafkIWcS

— Google Maps (@googlemaps) March 27, 2025

Google is also expanding its price tracking to hotels via its search tool. You can track hotel prices for specific dates and receive alerts when prices drop. Simply toggle the price tracker in the search filters. Notifications of significant price drops will be sent via email. This feature is rolling out globally this week.

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Google suggests leveraging AI Overviews in Search for travel planning. Starting this week for English queries in the US, AI Overviews will provide trip planning for regions or entire countries. For example, a query like “create a foodie itinerary for Japan” will generate suggestions that can be exported as a list in Docs or Gmail and saved as a custom list in Google Maps.

Furthermore, Google is expanding AI Overviews in Lens and Circle to Search. These tools will soon be available in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish in most regions where AI Overviews are accessible.