How does google know how busy a restaurant is live?

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Googled a restaurant and saw it wasnt as busy as it normally is apparently. How does google know that?

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If you have the Google Maps app on your phone (whether iOS or Android) there is a very high chance that you have opted in to letting them collect your location whenever they want, even when the app isn’t open. So they routinely sample everyone’s location and use it to power services like live traffic and how busy a restaurant is.

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