How can Google tell if i’ve travelled by bus, bike or car?

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Every month they send me an email with my km covered by each mean of transport. But how does the algorithm tell if i was riding my bike, or in a slow car? How can it distinguish buses from car? Only because buses stop more often, or because there’s more people with Android devices on the bus?

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Google may know that you are in a car by your Bluetooth connection.

Google may know that you are on a bus if you are in close proximity to a dozen other people.

It may know you are traveling by bike by the motion on your legs peddling or the fact you’re going slower than a bus and you are by yourself.

Google also figures out traffic the same way. Many phones all going going slow.

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