Google Maps Code Points to Gemini AI Coming to CarPlay

Overview

• Journalists reviewing the Google Maps app found code that references Gemini support in CarPlay, with the feature not yet active.
• Aaron Perris’s findings, reported by MacRumors and echoed by 9to5Mac, point to a setup flow tied to a Terms of Service prompt in the iPhone app.
• The strings suggest conversational features such as asking for directions to a place and getting detailed location answers through an “Ask Maps” experience.
• Gemini already works inside Google Maps on iPhone, but it is not available in the CarPlay version of the app.
• Apple enabled third‑party conversational apps in CarPlay with iOS 26.4, and apps like ChatGPT, Grok, and Perplexity are already live, while Google has not announced timing for Gemini’s rollout.