Google Maps just got one of its most important updates ever
- Google Maps was already an indispensable mobile app that's rolled out a bevy of updates for the coronavirus era.
- This week, another update is coming to Google Maps for both Android and iOS users that will add a COVID-19 data layer to the app.
- Once you have the latest version of Google Maps, you'll be able to see detailed coronavirus case data and trends for areas you're using the mapping app to navigate to and around.
Google Maps was already an indispensable mobile app for travelers like me, offering a rich bounty of data that helps me navigate cities and towns on my travels (back, of course, during the pre-coronavirus era, since none of us are doing much in the way of traveling these days). As a testament to how much of a Swiss Army knife the app has become over the last couple of years, though, I've found it to be no less useful today, as it also serves as a data repository and helpful source of information that's especially relevant now -- like restaurant hours and details, as well as the means to call directly from the app, as I've leaned more than ever on to-go ordering during the age of COVID-19.
And speaking of the latter, Google Maps is also rolling out a new update along those lines this week that might be one of the app's most important ever. In short, it's a new COVID-19 layer within Maps, that will display crucial details about COVID-19 cases in an area so users can make better and more informed decisions as they use Google Maps to help them figure out where to go and what to do and when they get there.
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