5 Google AI Tools to Make Your Travels Easy, Breezy, and Secure

Even though travel is supposed to be an activity that is meant to provide individuals with a sense of peace and relaxation, many a time, it tends to be a stressful experience when visiting an unknown destination. Especially for people dealing with social anxiety who might be incapable of conversing with strangers to acquire guidance in their holiday location that they are not familiar with.

Google AI tools are developed specifically to provide ease and comfort to vacationers to be able to relish the true essence of a getaway. Below are the five convenient Google AI features that shall aid any individual on a vacation, or a person in discovering their undiscovered neighbourhood.

1. Immersive view to know what your destination looks like

Every person has come across the issue of not being able to identify the routes that are being showcased through maps, or the streets, and turns look extremely confusing. Here is where the magic of Google Maps Immersive View for routes comes in handy. This feature uses the power of AI to combine and put together billions of Street View and Aerial images, to provide a preview of what the chosen destination will appear like. Additionally, Google also has, Immersive View for places, through which you can check out different locations that you wish to visit such as a museum or any venues.  It is an immensely helpful tool and can be used for multiple functions according to personal requirements.

• Such as knowing what the roads look like before renting a car
• Check out the surroundings of a bar for safety
• Make sure there is a comfortable sidewalk through your walking route

You can also make use of the time slider to be updated about the weather or traffic conditions of a particular area.

2. Accurate insights through AI with Maps

Choosing a location to dine at on a vacation can be worrisome since you do not know whether this place is genuinely worth visiting or just another tourist trap. Yet again, AI is available to assist you. Through Maps with AI, Google AI, and insights from the Maps Community, meaning the people who have visited this location and left their honest reviews.

AI shall gather and summarize these reviews for your convenience. You do not have to read through a million different reviews as AI will highlight the restaurant’s best-rated dish, the items one might want to avoid, the vibe of a bar, and other necessary comments that shall help customers make an informed choice regarding their visit.

3. Google Translate and Google Lens a travel essential duo

Travelling to a foreign country, or even travelling within India with its diverse cultures and distinct languages you are bound to get lost in translation, which takes away the charm of the vacation. Having to hire and pay for a tour guide is not always the most desirable option, this is where the brilliance of these Google features lies.

With the Google Translate app, there are multiple ways to avail this,

• Firstly, you can simply type in a text, and the translation shall be provided.
• Or you can turn on the Conversation Mode on Translate, to be able to interpret and translate spoken dialogue in real-time, you can avail this while conversing with a local who might not speak your language.
• Lastly, through Google Lens technology, Translate also has a camera mode, to be able to convert posters, menus, and directions, into your desired language simply by clicking a picture.

Additionally, Google Lens can be utilized for further assistance beyond translation. Such as

• To attain deeper knowledge about a place that you are visiting.
• Knowing the names of the plants, buildings, foods, or attires that people might be wearing.
• You can also add a question to the clicked photo to get detailed information regarding any topic.
• You can also upload a picture from your gallery to search for or know more about the items, people, or places in the image, Google will provide all available information.

4. Enhance your photos and videos with AI features

Being on vacation makes it difficult to capture precise pictures, with accurate backgrounds and surroundings, while also having to manage your facial expressions. These editing tools by Google AI can make your travel album much more satisfactory.

• Magic Eraser: This tool can rid you of unnecessary and unwanted items in your photos, such as a crowd of people, a garbage can, photo bombers, you name it.
• Magic Editor: This feature can help adjust the placement of different objects within your photographs, such as the historical monument being too far, or the people being too close, it can move anything. Moreover, you can also change the lighting of a photo by selecting the sky, so do not worry about running towards a spot before sundown for pictures.
• Magic Audio Easaer (Available on Pixel 8 or newer versions): If you have certain undesirable sounds within the videos you have taken on your vacations, this feature can help you eliminate or lower the volume of those sounds to highlight what needs to be heard and fine-tune the audios in videos.
• Best Take (Available on Pixel 8 or newer versions): Group pictures on vacations means that it would be impossible to get everybody smiling or looking at the camera at the same time, which is especially tedious with children. This tool combines different facial expressions from multiple photos to form one perfect photo with zero flaws.
• Add Me (Available on Pixel 9): If you missed the vacation, or happen to be the one capturing the group photo each time, use the Add Me feature to add yourself to any image where you might be missing.

5. Use Gemini Workspace for on-the-go convenience

The new side panel which is available on majority of the Google applications such as Docs, Slides, Sheets, Gmail, and Drive, is Workspace’s new alternative to let users access Gemini directly through their apps. This AI feature can generate, summarise, or even analyze content for you without having to leave the current app that you are working through. Gemini is a gem for traveling workaholics, as well as those who have organized an itinerary, you can use the side panel to quickly locate or summarise essential details regarding your trip.

Google AI has made vacationers hassle-free by providing the most requirements free of cost, these are certain aspects that one might not always think about ahead of the trip, hence having Google at your convenience is a game changer in the world of travel that can not only assist you but also save quite a few bucks.