There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic has radically changed our lifestyle. The biosecurity measures recommended by the World Health Organization ask, among other things, to maintain physical distance to minimize contagion.
Of course there are situations that require us to have contact with people. Whether it is because we have to go to the workplace, go to the supermarket to buy food or to do any other activity, the tragedy of the situation can be noticed. However, in some countries the measures have been relaxed to the point that you can go to a restaurant, cinema, museums, bars, etc.
If that’s the case for you, you might want to visit these places at a time of day when they’re less crowded to minimize physical contact. Well, there is a very effective way to find out online using a tool created by Google Maps called Popular Hours.
Google keeps up with the changing demands of the modern world and continues to create apps and tools like Google Maps and its Popular Hours feature. That is why we must learn how to use them and make the most of the tricks that this app offers.
What are Google Maps Popular Hours?
It is a tool created by Google Maps that shows information about the attendance of people in a certain place at different times of the day. It can be a restaurant, historical site, tourist site, company or business. Without a doubt, this tool is very useful for planning our visit to a place, especially if we want to save time and resources, or simply because we want to maintain physical distance.
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The information provided by Google Maps Popular Hours includes, among other things: how crowded a place is at different times of the day, what time of day it is more or less visited, etc.
In addition, it informs you how long the place usually stays busy. This is very useful, especially if you are going to visit a restaurant, a clothing store, for example, and you do not want to wait a long time to be served.
The information appears displayed on the screen of your computer or mobile in the form of graphs or bars. Indicating with the size of the same which is the hour of greater or lesser influx during the day. Google Maps collects all of this information using data from users who have voluntarily enabled their Google Location History.
Google monitors and averages the attendance of people at certain times of the day in recent weeks. However, not everyone likes to have their movements recorded all the time. That’s why you can clear your Google Maps location history whenever you want.
Next, we will show you how to use this tool so that you can use it to find out how many people are on a certain site without any problems.
How to use Google Maps ‘Popular Hours’?
To begin with, it is important that you update Google Maps. Let’s take as an example that you need to go to a clothing store in a very popular shopping center in the area and you do not want to waste a lot of time until they serve you.
Step 1
The first thing you should do is open Google Maps on your PC or on your mobile. Then, Enter the name of the store you want to visit. You must also place the city where you are located in the Google Maps search engine. This to make it more specific and faster.
Step 2
Once the results are shown on the screen, you locate yourself in the Popular Hours graph and observe what time of day the place is more or less full, and thus determine what time it is most convenient for you to visit.
The graphic indicators not only show you how much influx the site has at different times, but also inform you of the estimated movement or activity of the site in real time.
This allows you to calculate how long you may have to wait to be served at the store if you decide to go at a specific time and thus take your forecasts.
