New Google Maps features: Local Guides redesign, AI captions, photo sharing

New Maps tools surface recent media, suggest camera roll uploads, and flag top reviewers with gold profiles, as Google ...
Android Authority

Dedicated Google Maps Local Guides have a chance at a free Google Fi plan (Update: It's fake)

Select contributors to Google Maps’ Local Guides program have received a free three-month Google Fi Unlimited plan (worth up to $195). As has been the case for a few years now, the offer is limited to ...
Android Authority

First look: Here's how Gemini will use Google Maps to become a chatty local guide

Google is working on a new Gemini feature that lets users attach a selected map area directly to their prompts. The Maps UI allows zooming, exploring the current area, and using precise locations for ...
CairoScene

How This Cairo Google Guide Helps Keep the City's Digital Record

"A Local Guide review is real, it comes from someone who actually sat in that chair and ate that food.” If you’ve ever looked ...