
The updated Street View app on Android now allows anybody to collect contribute a series of connected images of a street or path.Įarlier, the onus of collecting images fell primarily on Google’s iconic Street View cars that have collected more than 170 billion images from 10 million miles around the planet. Tap on X to exit the historical street view and arrive back to the current view.Google Street View – millions of panoramic images on Google Maps that have served as a delightful time-guzzler for us over the years – announced a fundamental change in its data collection process late last year.Look around the Street View with the directional arrows on the screen and compare the imagery across the dates.Select the thumbnail in the carousel closest to the historical period you want to see the images for.In the Street View mode, select See more dates to open a timeline carousel of street view imagery.Enter the location or a precise address in the search field and zoom into the street-level view of the place you want to explore.Then, close the panel with a tap on the X. Open the Google Maps app on iOS or Android.The screenshots below are from the Google Map app on iOS. The process to see Google Street View images is the same in the Google Map app for Android and iOS. You can view historical Street View images going back to 2007 provided Google had recorded them in the past. How to See Historical Google Street View on iOS and Android
