This is one Apple Maps feature that Google Maps has to copy
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This is one Apple Maps feature that Google Maps has to copy

Google Maps has plenty of coronavirus-related features but doesn’t list COVID-19 testing sites in the app. Apple Maps will soon direct you to the closes COVID-19 testing center near you, which is the kind of information you should find in a navigation app during a pandemic. But Google Maps doesn’t offer information about coronavirus testing inside the app.

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