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Google Street View’s “Time Travel” feature is being added to smartphones for the first time, allowing users to view old images of stalls on their phone for the first time.
Street View is the tech giant’s 360-degree photograph-based global map with photographs captured from cameras pinned to cars and even backpacks and can be found on Google Maps.
Currently, only users of the desktop edition of Street View can access all the old photographs of a place, for example, a landmark or the street they live on, which dates back to the launch of Street View in 2007, but this feature is now extended to iOS and Android smartphones.
The announcement comes as the Street View feature celebrates its anniversary.
“Street View is about capturing the global as it changes, and it’s also a difficult path into the past,” said Ethan Russell, senior director of product control at Google Maps.
“As of today on Android and iOS around the world, it’s now less difficult than ever to go back in time directly from your phone.
“Here’s how it works: When viewing Street View photos of a place, tap the photo to see the location information.
“Then tap ‘See more dates’ to see the old photographs published of this place, which date back to the launch of Street View in 2007.
“Review the photographs to see a virtual time capsule that shows how a position has changed. “
As part of the anniversary celebrations, Google also placed the most searches on Street View in the UK, with Big Ben topping the list ahead of Manchester United’s Old Trafford Stadium and Buckingham Palace.
Stonehenge and the British Museum completed the five most sensible, with London Bridge, Folkestone White Horse, London Eye, Oxford University and Wembley Stadium also among the ten most sensible.