Google will be shutting down the Street View app in 2023, but don’t worry, the feature is still in Maps.

We’ve got bad news and that’s it Google will remove the standalone Street View app from app stores in “the coming weeks” and end support for the app in March 2023, spokeswoman Madison Gouveia confirmed.

9to5Google was able to confirm as a recent update indicates the search giant is planning to retire the app March 21, 2023 Of course, we checked and at the moment we do not receive this message.

It is important to qualify this aspect: the application disappears, but not the function built into Google Maps, so don’t panic.

The message that appears on Programs is as follows: “Street View is deprecated. The app is deprecated and support will end on March 21, 2023. To post your own 360 videos, switch to Street View Studio. To view Street View and add panoramas, use Google Maps“.

Google Maps will remove the Street View app, but not the built-in feature

street view provides users with real 360-degree photos of the area they are viewing and can scroll the map. It’s in the latest update version 2.0.0.484371618, in which Google has enabled cancellation/closing notifications for the Street View app.

However, it can be said that one of the features that was just included in the application will completely disappear. It’s about “Photo Tracks”. This allows anyone with a smartphone, regardless of brand or price, to upload 2D images to the app and contribute to paths and places that were not documented by the vehicle.

Unlike all other features of the Street View app, nothing replaces Photo Paths on the web or Google Maps app.

Of course, and despite this, this change does not mean that Google is leaving Maps. A few weeks ago, the company showed off several ways it plans to make the app more immersive, including what it calls “immersive view,” which gives you a 3D aerial view of a specific location with details such as weather and traffic. .

Users will be able to easily access the Street View feature via Google Maps, so it looks like it’s just that Google maintaining a standalone app is a waste of resources.