Google Begins Surfacing Vaccine Centers, Hospital Beds, Oxygen Info In India

Google said on Monday it has rolled out a range of updates to its Search, Maps, YouTube and Google Pay services in India to display and boost authoritative and credible information about the coronavirus to help people in the South Asian nation find vaccination centers and other resources to navigate the crisis. Google has announced a bunch of new changes recently here are some of the highlights:

• Displays information panels with vaccine registration details in India and highlights the official Indian government website for the vaccine at the top.
• Search and Maps that have been showing 2,500 testing centers in India now similarly also show locations of over 23,000 vaccination centers across the country in English and eight Indian languages.
• They are also testing a Q&A function in Google Maps in India to enable people to ask about and share local information on the availability of beds and medical oxygen in select locations in the country.