Street View lets you virtually explore the world with billions of panoramic images on Google Maps. You can also discover where Google is collecting Street View next, or create your own imagery and add it to the map.

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The cameras of this Google Street View car are mounted on the roof rack. The power and data cables are fed into the car through the right rear passenger window. A Google Street View car in Japan. A backpack camera on display at the Google campus in Mountain View, California, in February 2018.

Tap on a place marker. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app . Tap on a place marker. At the bottom, tap the place name or address. Scroll and select the photo labeled "Street View." You can also select the thumbnail with a Street View icon . When you’re done, at the top left, tap Back .

Street View Trekker. The Trekker enables Street View to feature more places around the world — places no car, trike, trolley or snowmobile can access. This wearable backpack is outfitted with a camera system on top, and its portability enables us to gather images while maneuvering through tight, narrow spaces or locations only accessible by foot.

The cameras, which will be released over the coming months, all meet one of four new “Street View ready” standards, giving you the flexibility to choose the best way to upload imagery based on your interests. Street View mobile ready: 360 cameras that can publish Street View directly from a mobile app—without requiring a desktop workflow.

Google Street View just unveiled its new camera—and it looks like an owl. The device will hit the streets in 2023 and work alongside the company’s existing cohort of cameras.