A few weeks ago, Google announced a new feature named busy area – well, that feature now seems to be rolling out. Several folks started to notice this roll out over the past few days. When you are looking at the Google Maps app, Google will show you if an area is busy by labeling it “busy area” with a pulsating indicator.

Here is a screen shot of it from Praveen Sharma on Twitter:

Here is a GIF of it in action:

Google said this is a good way to avoid crowds, Google wrote:

Forum discussion at Twitter.