Android version of the Google Maps is now having a “parking difficulty” feature. This new feature is noticed by the few users a few days back, but now Google officially announced the feature and its roll out. This feature is not available globally, it is starting only for users of USA.
Announcing the feature in a blog post on Thursday, Google said, "In 25 metro areas throughout the US, we’ve introduced a new parking difficulty icon in Google Maps for Android that’ll give you a heads up on what kind of parking crunch to prepare for when you’re on the go."
"To see how hard it might be to park where you're headed, just get directions to your destination and look for the parking difficulty icon in the directions card at the bottom of the screen. Parking difficulties range from limited to medium to easy and are based on historical parking data (similar to how we calculate Popular Times and Visit Duration)” also said in the official post.
Currently, this feature is available in the following places: -San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington, DC, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Phoenix, Portland, and Sacramento"
This feature is available only on android devices. iOS also uses feature something like which uses real-time data to see the crowd currently present at the place.
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