[AI Pick] Naver Maps, now you can find your way while wearing glasses... AI glass integration

Voice directions on Google, Samsung, and Meta devices... No need to look at the smartphone screen

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Ji-eun = Naver Maps is introducing an AI (artificial intelligence) glass linkage service that allows users to receive directions through glasses without looking at the smartphone screen.

Naver announced on the 12th that it will be the first domestic map service to provide a real-time voice navigation service in collaboration with Meta's Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta and Google and Samsung's Intelligent Eyewear.

By applying this service, users can receive voice guidance for detailed walking routes, such as the direction of travel and the presence or absence of stairs and escalators, without having to look at the smartphone screen.

It will be supported first in the Android operating system (OS), and will be applied sequentially to the iOS environment.

A dedicated voice call function tailored to the AI ​​glass environment is also supported.

When a user delivers commands such as “Tell me the estimated time of arrival” or “Find a nearby convenience store” by voice, they are immediately provided with relevant information.

In the case of intelligent eyewear being jointly developed by Google and Samsung, it is linked to Google's AI model Gemini so that Naver Maps can be called and run directly by voice.

In the future, Naver plans to expand local information combination services such as AR route visualization and linking of nearby store place coupons by considering the augmented reality (AR) AI glass environment equipped with a display.

Naver Map Service General Manager Jeong Kyeong-hwa said, “We have enabled users to naturally experience route guidance and local information while focusing on movement,” and added, “As a platform that connects reality and digital, we will provide a new map experience.”