See the planet without stepping outside
Discover famous cities and landmark sites straight from your home with the official Google Maps Street View experience. It puts street-level photography and panoramic tours at your fingertips so you can explore new places for free, without traveling.
Highlights and key functions
- Easy one-tap sharing that publishes your panoramas to the wider Google community.
- The app includes curated Collections and themed routes to point you toward places like beach getaways or historic districts.
- Street-level panoramas that let you look around a location in full 360 degrees.
- Community-contributed imagery supplements the footage gathered by Google’s camera-equipped vehicles.
- On some destinations you can step inside notable buildings and view interior photos.
- A built-in walkthrough teaches you how to capture your own 360° photos for upload.
How navigation works
Use the familiar map interface to zoom in until a street becomes available in first-person view. From there you can pan around and move along streets as if you were walking, examine details up close, and switch to interior shots where available. The controls mirror the mobile Google Maps experience, optimized for quick browsing.
Adding your own imagery
If you take photos you can contribute them to Street View. The app guides you through creating spherical panoramas, and with a couple of taps you can upload and make your images visible to other users. This community input helps the catalog keep expanding.
Why people use it
Street View is a fun way to preview destinations, research unfamiliar neighborhoods, or satisfy curiosity about faraway places without leaving home. Because users can continuously add new photos, the collection keeps growing and stays fresh.
Technical
- iPhone
- Android
- Free