I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it went surprisingly well
THE SO WHAT
Once routing, scheduling, and local search collapse into a single AI-planned itinerary, the surface that controls ‘what users do next’ shifts from search results to agent outputs. If you rely on local intent — retail, hospitality, mobility — you now have to optimize for the agent’s plan, not just Maps SEO.
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