Now the company’s Inbox app already do a pretty good job when it comes to collecting organizing all those pesky travel details.
But wants to go further by serving as your local tour guide with a new app called Trips. After teasing it last week, a beta build is now on the way to some members of the cal Guides program, which is ’s equivalent of Yelp Elites.
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Get suggestions for your trip as soon as you arrive at the destination.
Some leaked screenshots indicate the app is more about leveraging ’s considerable knowledge of the planet from Maps in order to suggest things to do on your travels. There are a lot of suggestions for things to go see do while you’re on the journey along with the usual organizational assistance.
Your itinerary is pulled in from Gmail, with hotel stays, flight information, vehicle rentals, other details all collected together for easy access.
If you’re a member of cal Guides reached level two or above, you may get an invite to try out the app on Android or ione. ’re working to score an invite ourselves, so we’ll update with any cool insights we pick up.
The impact on you: ’s stated goal is to organize the world’s information, lately that’s meant all your information. Travel is a classic case where you can usually hit detail overload, is tops at coming to the rescue with algorithms. How much you want the company to know about you, of course, is a question you’ll have to grapple with.