Google is removing Street View from app stores and discontinuing support

November 2, 2022

Recently, it was announced by Google that it was going to be removing both Google Play Store and Apple App Store’s standalone Street View app within the “coming weeks” that it will replace it with a standalone Street View app. Further, the app will also cease to be supported in March 2023, which is the end of its support lifecycle.

Madison Gouveia, a spokesperson for Google, confirmed this via a statement shared with The Verge by a Google spokesperson. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Street View app, it allows users to explore locations through first-person views on Google Maps, as well as share 360-degree images with the app so that it can be used in the app in a more comprehensive way.

Since the app was first released, it has become redundant in recent years due to the fact that it has the same identical features as the Google Maps app as well as features that can be found within the Google Maps app. Therefore, it makes complete sense for Google to replace Street View with a more integrated and more comprehensive feature within Google Maps as a way to better serve their users.

You might be surprised if in the near future you cannot find the Street View app in your specific app store for the device you are using when you try to download it. What do you guys think about this move by Google? What are your thoughts on this move by Google? We would like to hear your thoughts on this upcoming release in the comments below and we urge you to stay tuned to TechNave for more tech news as this one.