Google Maps for iOS adds real-time updates to Popular Times feature

Google has released Google Maps for iOS 4.27, the second major update to its iPhone and iPad app this month. It follows an earlier update that improved support for Uber services. The new release extends the live crowd-tracking feature that is already present on the maps.google.com website to the app. This is accompanied by a new feature giving users access to clipboard data, making it possible to import addresses from other apps. The crowd-tracking feature is called Popular Times, and extends existing functionality that gave users an estimate of the likely busy periods found in shops and other business locations… [Continue Reading]