Google Will Now Show You How Busy the Business Is in Real Time
Google’s Popular Times feature is a convenient way to get an overview of the most popular times in a company. Google now shows this data in real time, giving you an idea of how crowded a place might be right now .
Real-time data comes in from today. You will see it active if you see the Live field next to the popular time when you are looking for a company. The data is based on location data and search terms, so it’s not perfect, but at least gives you a good idea of how easy it is to find a place to sit in a bar and how packed the store is. Along with real-time data, other information comes in, including how long people stay in a given location on average and hours by department, which comes in handy when a department like a pharmacy or grocery store closes the rest of the store early.