How to save travel screenshots in Google Maps for easy trip planning

If you're fed up with having travel ideas lost in an ocean of screenshots, Google Maps has a brilliant new feature that can assist. 

Using the strength of Google's Gemini AI, Maps is able to identify place names in your screenshots and assist you in saving them directly into a list within the app. 

This streamlines travel planning using Google Maps and makes it far less inconvenient.

A lot of tourists screenshot blog posts, Instagram stories, or TikTok videos when planning their vacations. But remembering them later is not an easy job. 

That's where this new feature comes in, which uses artificial intelligence to identify locations and offers you the possibility of saving them on your map.

How to save travel screenshots in Google Maps using Gemini AI?

Here's how to do it in a few easy steps:

1. Launch the Google Maps app and navigate to the You tab.
2. Tap the badge on the “Screenshots” list that says “Try it out!”
3. Watch a short video to see how the feature works and test it live.
4. Allow Google Maps to access your screenshots (you can choose when).
5. Take a screenshot of any post that includes a location name.
6. Open Google Maps again — if the app detects a place, you’ll see a “Places ready to review” prompt.
7. Press "Review" and select to save or skip.
8. You can also upload screenshots manually from the same You tab.