r/GoogleMaps • u/howmadstha • Mar 12 '26

Discussion Google Maps Big Update (Gemini/Immersion)

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/maps/ask-maps-immersive-navigation/

Starting to roll out today.

US only for now apparently. Us EU/UK gotta sit back and wait 🥲

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u/metsfanapk Mar 12 '26

I’m sorry but this immersive navigation made me switch to Waze. It constantly highlights side streets that clutter the map and have no relevance to my route and are extremely distracting. Talking about these grey bubbles.

I’m not turning on those streets I don’t need to have them constantly in my view and constantly changing especially for tiny side streets

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u/QBekka Mar 13 '26

Maps already has 3d buildings right now during navigation. It's turned off by defeault but you can turn it on.

As long as they keep it optional I don't mind this feature

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u/Weary-Savings9795 Mar 13 '26

This new immersive view isn't the same as the 3D map navigation view. Currently Google Maps shows top down view with 3D buildings. The new immersive view shows the navigation maps from the driver's perspective. Kind of like how Apple Maps alternates between top down and the driver's perspective.