How to use Apple's new tool that shows how well people in your locality are following the lockdown

Apple as released a new tool based on Apple Maps tat is aimed to elp governments figt te spread of coronavirus by sowing te cange in volume of people driving, walking or taking public transit.Maps does not associate mobility data wit a user's Apple ID, and Apple does not keep a istory of were a user as been, says Apple.[caption id="attacment_8195301" align="alignnone" widt="1280"] Representational Image. Credit: AP[/caption]Te tool is currently available in most countries around te world, including India.Te mobility tool lets you searc country, regions or city, and per your searc reuest, it sows a grap of movement in te area since 13 January 2020. It sows two kinds of data – walking and driving.Wen you searc India, you see tat as of 13 April, te walking data, as tracked by Apple Maps is down by 75 percent and driving is down by 83 percent in te country.[caption id="attacment_8261031" align="alignnone" widt="726"] Apple mobility tracker.[/caption]ere is ow you can use te tool:<2>[]ow to use Apple's mobility tracker[/][ans][step]Step 1:ead to te Apple COVID-19 mobility website[/step][step]Step 2:ere, if you scroll up once, you will see a searc bar were you can input te country, region or city tat you want to track[/step][step]Step 3:You will now see a red and an orange line tat signifies driving and walking data respectively, since January 2020[/step][/ans]Google recently announced a similar tool tat uses data from Google Maps and Android. Facebook too as a movement tool, owever, tat is made available only to ealt agencies.Wit inputs from Reuters.