7 Ways Google Makes Summer Travel Smarter

Canvas in AI Mode in Search can pull together scattered travel information into a single personalized itinerary. It builds travel plans that include flights, hotels, and nearby attractions on the map, and you can keep refining the details with follow-up questions.

Hotels now support individual hotel price tracking, not just city-level tracking. After searching for a specific hotel on desktop or mobile and turning on price tracking, you'll get an email alert when the rate for your selected dates changes significantly. This feature is available worldwide for users signed in with English or Spanish.

Itineraries that require reservations are also more automated now. In AI Mode and Ask Maps, you can specify conditions like party size, dates, food preferences, and atmosphere, and the system finds real-time availability across multiple booking platforms and websites, showing links that lead directly to partners like OpenTable or Resy.

If you need something right before departure, Google can call nearby stores on your behalf to check stock and related discount information. This feature debuted first in Search and is now rolling out in AI Mode across the US. Gemini models and Duplex technology handle the calls.

For local movement and communication, Google Translate now offers real-time translation. It supports over 70 languages, lets you use any headphones as a personal interpreter, and preserves not just the words but also the speaker's tone and rhythm as much as possible. This feature is available on Android and iOS.

Ask Maps turns map search into a conversation. State conditions like campgrounds, amenities, hiking, wildlife viewing, or sunset spots, and it presents candidate locations, amenities, and community tips based on the latest information from Maps, with direct links to save, book, or get directions. It's available in the US and India on Android, iOS, and desktop.

At the airport, Google Wallet can store your boarding pass and surface real-time flight updates like delays, gate changes, and baggage information. At supported TSA checkpoints, you can create a digital ID pass based on your passport, but you must still carry your physical ID.