Google Maps can now order your food, book your hotel, and read your calendar. Ask Maps just became an agent.

Google Maps is no longer just giving directions. The company announced on Thursday that Ask Maps, the Gemini-powered conversational feature it launched in March, is gaining agentic capabilities that let it order food, book hotels, and find event tickets. Users can describe what they want in natural language, and Ask Maps will surface options, populate […] This story continues at The Next Web