As generative AI becomes a standard feature, users expect more than just information—they expect context. This raises the bar for developers, who must now deliver the nuanced, context-aware insights that help people make confident decisions. Google Maps Platform is committed to helping you meet customer expectations, delivering rich context instantly, either through easily-integrated modules or with the building blocks to power your own custom experience.
Following the Experimental launch at I/O last year, we’re excited to announce the General Availability and regional expansion of AI-powered summaries in Places API.
Powered by Gemini, these summaries allow you to add rich, generative descriptions to your application in minutes. This includes three types of summaries: Place, review, and area summaries.
What’s new: Global expansion and new features
Your feedback has been instrumental in guiding our latest updates:
Deeper insights with review summaries: For the first time, you can provide a summary that encapsulates the top themes from user reviews, helping users make faster, more confident decisions.
An animation depicting a review summary for a bar in Boston.
Expanded global and language support: Place summaries are now available in India (English), while review summaries are available to the UK (English), India (English), and Japan (English & Japanese) .
More useful area summaries: Area summaries now provide distinct details for general neighborhoods and specific EV charging station amenities. The EV charging summary has also been updated to improve freshness and coverage in the US.
An apartment listing, featuring an AI-generated summary of the neighborhood's, key features and amenities.
Unlock capabilities across industries
Over the last year, we have seen 100s of developers globally create powerful experiences with AI-powered summaries.
Real estate & social media: Surfacing community insights
When choosing a new home or planning a group outing, understanding what others have experienced is crucial. With review summaries, you can help users by providing short, digestible summaries based on local insights contributed by our active community of contributors- it’s like asking tons of local residents about what stands out about a place. You can also use place summaries to give users an at-a-glance impression of parks, gyms or other relevant POIs near a rental.
A real estate application showing place summaries for gyms near a rental.
Travel: Guiding users to the perfect stay
Travelers want to understand a neighborhood's feel before booking. To solve this, you can use area summaries to provide a rich, narrative snapshot of an area's unique identity, from notable landmarks to the overall vibe of the streets.
Auto: Powering in-car discovery for EV drivers
For electric vehicle drivers, choosing a charging station often depends on the available amenities. With EV charging area summaries, you can give drivers a clear overview of what’s within walking distance of a charger—from cafes to grocery stores—helping them choose the most convenient stop to grab a meal or run an errand.
A real estate application showing place summaries for gyms near a rental.
Ready to get started?
Integrating these new AI-powered summaries into your solutions is simple. See them in action with our interactive demo or head to our documentation for technical details and implementation guides.
We can't wait to see what you build!
