Following on from Google Hotels, Google Flights and, of course, Google Maps, the American giant is now taking a new step forward in its strategy. a travel offensive as patient as it is inevitable. The new Google Trips application has been available since Monday, not only on Android but also on iOS. And naturally, its launch has not gone unnoticed... Already presented as a the " killer travel app "By a specialist in new technologies like The Verge, Google Trips". can do a lot, probably as much as four different travel apps could do "according to the New York Times. And that's just the beginning.
However, the application is intended - at least for the time being - for the leisure customers. Business travellers who like bleisure to explore their next business travel destination, from among the 200 or so destinations covered by the new mobile tool. Google Trips presents itself as " a personalised travel guide in your pocket" . Google intends to draw on the incomparable mass of data at its disposal to offer suggestions for tourist discoveries, from must-see visits to more unusual outings. There's also a restaurant section to help you find the nearest good restaurant, and themed tours should help you find the right addresses for an architecture enthusiast, or for a rainy day. Users can plan your trip upstream, then access these information stored and therefore accessible without wi-fi after selecting the "Download" option.
Google Trips synchronises with its Gmail email service to provide travel information, just like a tool like TripIt, which is in direct competition with the new application. For the time being, the main functions of Google Trips are travel guides and trip organisers. - book a flight or hotel room. Given the level of detail that is gradually being incorporated into a platform like Google Flights, the integration of the various 'travel' tools developed and enhanced by this big data behemoth opens up some interesting prospects, to say the least... Stay tuned, then.
