Google has not stood still and continues working to offer us a better app (we can even change the vehicle icon) with which even we can feel more secure when going out in these Christmas parties that are just around the corner. But what he wants is for us to do it with the greatest security by offering a series of very important characteristics.
Even those who are in some countries will have the option of being able to know at all times when to pick up local food or how is the delivery man going with your home order. A series of improvements that we do not want to leave aside and comment on because of the interest they entail.
Google Maps and the COVID-19 layer
You already know that now we have a special cape for know how the confined areas are going and the number of cases by location. It is especially important to have information in our hands in order to determine and assess the trips and destinations we go to on a daily basis; especially if we visit a city by chance or for work.
For the next few weeks Google Maps will be updated with two important news and that we must not put aside. The COVID-19 layer of Google Maps for both Android and iOS will show more information by including all the cases detected in an area, as well as quick links to direct us to COVID resources from local authorities.
The fact that we can access this information quickly allows us to make decisions how to know the restrictions that apply in an area or where we can even go to do a test.
La second novelty of Google Maps referring to COVID-19 is related to that information that allows us to know in real time how busy a subway and a train can go. If we already know that we are facing a means of transport with a high component of danger for COVID-19 (due to being in a very small space surrounded by people), Maps will offer us the information on the occupation in real time in order to decide and wait for the next train to come.
On Android and iOS we will start to see the passenger occupancy of a train, metro or bus in real time in a short time. And yes, whenever we have access to that type of information.
Your food orders at home or local collection in real time
It is true that we are still not going to be able to access this information most of the users, but if you are in United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Brazil and IndiaMaps will show you the real-time status of your food delivery or local pick-up order; As long as you make the order through the Google app and that you could know it by having the interface for it.
A great option to know at all times approximately when the order made of food will arrive with waiting times and even the additional surcharge for the order.
Like Google prepares in Maps the ability to see the status of the reservation in a restaurant in more than 70 countries; And that will surely be very well received by the owners of a sector that is in a very delicate state in our country due to COVID-19.
On the other hand in the United States they are about to receive a new version of driving mode when we are driving the car and that will allow us to have the experience of being able to receive a call from a simple card that will be placed at the bottom of the application.
A series of novelties that are related to the pandemic that we are currently experiencing and that will allow us from Google Maps have in our hand the information in real time to make the right decisions.