On its 15th birthday, Street View by Google has been updated with some new features and has also received a new camera to capture a 360-degree view of the world. The main highlight of this update is Street View's ability to display historical images of various locations on Google Maps. Here are the details.
Google's Street View is getting a new camera and features on its 15th birthday
You will now be able to go back in time and see historical images of various locations in Google Maps on Android and iOS. This will create a time capsule of how these places were and how they have become. This feature was introduced in 2014 and was previously available for the desktop version of Google Maps.
To view the historical images of a location, you can simply tap on the "See More Dates" option available anywhere in the street view of a location and you will be able to see images as old as 2007, the year when Street View was first introduced .
Another new announcement is a camera for Google to capture Street View in various locations. Unlike the Street View car and trekker, this new camera is portable and modular in nature. Google says it's "about the size of a house cat" and can take high-resolution images with better processing capabilities.
