(Business Insider) Apple released a new tool on Tuesday to show how many people in a region are reducing their movements amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Apple’s tool gathers anonymized data from Apple Maps users to show trends in movement. Google has released a similar tool using Google Maps and Android data. Facebook has developed a movement tool that it makes available only to health agencies.
Apple’s mobility tracker lets you choose a location to see how well people there are social distancing. Hundreds of millions of people across the globe have been advised by governments to stay home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.