Google announces new camera system for Street View

In Google Maps, which was released 15 years ago, Street View mode is getting new updates on the anniversary. The company will allow users to view older images of a particular place in the Google Maps app for Android and iOS. It also aims to make it easier to record Street View images in the future with a new camera system it introduced.

Historical images are now on mobile

With a new blog post, Google first launched in 2014 on the desktop version, with the ability to display historical images that allow you to see how a place has changed over the years, now on Google Maps. announced that it can be accessed in Android and iOS applications as well.

Users will have access to current historical images of supported locations from 2007, the date Street View was released. While viewing the Street View images of a place, when any part of the photo is touched in order to see the information about the location, the old recorded images of the current location will be displayed when the “See more dates” is entered on the window that opens at the bottom of the screen.

The company also introduced a new camera system that they say will help them capture high-quality images in more places. The new camera system, which is stated to be less than 15 kilos, will thus offer easy portability. In addition, the camera, which will be customizable with various sensors, can be installed in almost all vehicles and can be operated directly from a mobile device.

Google has gradually introduced the ability to access historical images of a particular location on Android and iOS. The camera system will be used from next year.