Google Maps now has over 2 billion monthly users

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During Alphabet’s Q3 2024 earnings, CEO Sundar Pichai shared that Google Maps is the “latest product to surpass the 2 billion user milestone.”

As of May (at I/O 2024), Google only had six products on that 2+ billion monthly users list: Search, Gmail, Android, Chrome, Play Store, and YouTube. All of these seven products/platforms use Gemini models, with Pichai noting how they have “done their first versions of incorporating Gemini, and there’s an aggressive roadmap ahead for 2025.”

On that note, Pichai teased that Google is “actively working on performance improvements and new capabilities for our range of models.” Additionally:

We recently moved the Gemini app team to Google DeepMind to speed up deployment of new models, and streamline post-training work.

In terms of other stats shared on the call (emphasis ours):

“Today, more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers. This helps our engineers do more and move faster.”
“Gemini API calls have grown nearly 14x in a six month period”
“Circle to Search is now available on over 150 million Android devices, with people using it to shop, translate text, and learn more about the world around them. A third of the people who have tried Circle to Search now use it weekly, a testament to its helpfulness and potential.”
- Additionally: Circle to Search “sees higher engagement from users aged 18 to 24”
“…Lens is now used for over 20 billion visual searches per month. Lens is one of the fastest-growing query types we see on Search, because of its ability to answer complex, multimodal questions, and help in product discovery and shopping.”
“For the first time ever, YouTube’s combined ad and subscription revenue over the past four quarters has surpassed $50 billion.”
“Waymo is driving more than 1 million fully autonomous miles and serves over 150,000 paid rides — the first time any AV company has reached this kind of mainstream use.”