Immersive view starts rolling out for Google Map users
Immersion view gained a lot of popularity at the Google I/O 2022 and the feature seems to be a very interesting one. However, since its announcement back in 2022, Google Map users haven’t gotten the immersive view. Well, that is changing now as the feature is rolling out on Google Maps currently.
Finally, Google Maps’ immersive view
Immersive View, which is marketed as a “whole new way to explore” using Google Maps, augments the current photorealistic aerial views of prominent destinations and landmarks with time and weather contextual flyovers of the specific mapped regions.
Google Maps Immersive View combines scenic views of a city and its landmarks with suggestions of locations to learn about or visit, as well as views of the interiors of select buildings. You may also see other perspectives of specific regions, such as at night, in terrible weather, or during peak hours.
Immersive View appears to be rolling out and showing for certain Google Maps users, with one such post on /r/GoogleMaps suggesting that they may utilize the capability while seeing places such as London and Berlin. During the first unveiling, Google announced that Immersive View will first be available in places such as Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Tokyo.
The initial demos displayed real traffic and weather locations, but the latter does not appear to be available for those using the new navigation option. This might happen as the deployment proceeds, but it’s unclear at this time. Additional lauded features include the ability to look inside structures such as restaurants, among others.
When activated, Google Maps Immersive View allows you to use a slider to alter the time to see exactly what a region looks like as the day and weather advance. Colorful overlays, like the ordinary 2D view, show the busy and calm periods.
What’s noteworthy is that /u/Vegetable Book 8493 claims that 30 minutes of experimenting with Maps’ new capability utilized about 2 Gigabytes of data, demonstrating how taxing this may be on your data plan. Immersive View for Google Maps was expected to be available in February, but it has taken nearly a month to become available. But, it is currently being rolled out.
