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Google has quietly closed this important feature of its Maps service

This special layer, which was added to Google Maps with the COVID-19 pandemic, was quietly removed.
 Google has quietly closed this important feature of its Maps service
READING NOW Google has quietly closed this important feature of its Maps service

The COVID-19 pandemic really hit the world two years ago and everything came to a standstill. Google, on the other hand, has introduced a COVID-19 layer in Google Maps that allows users to track the number of COVID-19 cases in a given area. It also worked with Apple to deliver notifications of exposure to COVID-19, but it was never really successful.

Later, Google Maps also got special features that show whether a business has taken COVID-19 measures to curb the spread of the disease. Now, he has declared the end of the pandemic by removing the COVID-19 layer from Google Maps.

Although Google does not officially declare that the pandemic is over, it would not be wrong to say that the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has decreased for various reasons. Only nowadays more and more up-to-date information about COVID is available online, and it’s much more detailed than Google Maps can provide.

COVID-19 information will continue to be available through Google Search, Maps, and other Google products. Google explained the reason for removing this layer as “low interest” on its support page.

“As a result of the decline in usage, the COVID-19 layer is no longer available on Google Maps for mobile and web as of September 2022, but you can still find the latest useful information about COVID-19, such as: Google Maps,” Google says. There will continue to be places like testing sites and vaccine centers in .

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