During the COVID-19 pandemic, the precautions you need to take to curb the spread is regularly washing hands, wearing a mask, and maintaining a safe distance from others. Well, Google Maps will help you with one of these by now telling you how busy a place or business is when you go out.
As seen in the screenshot below, you no longer need to tap on the businesses name to see how busy they are at the moment. Google Maps will now directly show whether a said business or location is ‘busier than usual’, ‘as busy as it gets’ or ‘not busy’ right in the map view. These busyness indicators are displayed under the business name.
So, if you are planning to step out, you can preemptively know whether your favorite restaurant is crowded or not. You can take appropriote measures to maintain social distancing or reach earlier than usual.
