Google ran a huge push to get these into schools too… There was a LOT of pressure on Schools to adopt from various partners (or at least that happened in the UK)…

Google is aware of the Microsoft gains from getting people used to their products at a young age…

The old ‘let perfection be the enemy of good’ argument…

Surely this is a step in the right direction?

I assume you mean point of interest?

I don’t see this option in the web based version, also, “similar in the area” != within 15 mins walk.

This feels like the type of thing open street maps could provide a service for where you put in your postcode and it returns the services within a 15 mins walk.

I think a lot of this conversation boils down to someone needing to make an ESP32 device that sits in your OBD port and can be addressed directly for those who have a car that can connect to your home WiFi. I feel like one of those already exists…

RF range is very limited

RF range deployed by most vehicles, yes. Not all RF is equal in range capability.

See “Frequency bands” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_frequency

Below 3 Hz >10(power 5) km