- Google Maps is adding a new tool that lets you prepare lists of destinations extracted from screenshots.
- Maps will analyze screenshots shared to its library, and can handle multiple locations on a single screen.
- The feature is first coming to iOS this week, with Android support following soon.
When we’re thinking about places we might want to go, inspiration arrives from all angles. Maybe you saw a cool-looking destination on social media, looked up some blogs about visiting in your browser, and checked out some reviews from fellow travelers. If you want to keep track of all that stuff for later, grabbing a few screenshots along the way makes perfect sense.
This already sounds pretty useful for planning our summer travel, but Android users might be in for a bit of a wait; this is one of those rare situations where Google’s getting the ball rolling on iOS first. While the company has confirmed that this new screenshot-parsing functionality for Maps is in the works for Android, as well, right now Google’s not revealing an ETA any more specific than “coming soon.” This is also English-only, at least at first, and Google hasn’t yet shared any specific plans for expanding that support.