Street View already allows some users to upload their own videos

The Google Maps application has many ways to explore the world around us. Not only through the maps, but also with what is one of the best features of the application, such as Street View, which allows us to wander around any street as if we were right there. Although this content from Google is not as complete as the company itself would like, as it is evident there are places where their cars cannot access, neither for physical nor geopolitical reasons. Well, stop solve those situations where Google can no longer reach, we will have the ability to upload new images ourselves for this Google Maps mode.

There is no need for a 360-degree camera

As you know a couple or three years ago the 360 degree cameras They have become fashionable, with numerous manufacturers launching cameras of this type to offer a different way of shooting video or taking fully panoramic photos. These types of cameras were needed to deliver content to Street View, which will no longer be needed, because we can do it freely with our mobile phone. This will be possible thanks to a new Google Maps feature called “Driving mode“Which, when activated, gives us access to a camera interface within the app.

With it, we can capture our surroundings on video and, what’s better, with this mode activated, people’s faces and car license plates will be blurry, so that we don’t run into any data disclosure problem. Therefore, anyone will have access to create your own Street View content, so that in those areas where the Google car does not arrive it is possible to add new content that can be consulted by users of the application. These contents would be part of user contributions to the application, in such a way as to be shown in the special contributions tab that the application has.

At the moment this is a function that has been discovered by some users but which is not yet fully implemented, indeed we can see in the attached video how it would work. Although logically the camera image is not shown yet, but as you can see in it, if you can see the video record button, as well as the thumbnail of what the camera is capturing at that moment on the top left. We can therefore contribute with this content, which will be integrated into the Street View of Google Maps, which is certainly one of the most popular currently present in the most popular map app on the market. The app has currently only implemented this for some users, so it looks like a feature that is activated by the server. You can try to download the latest version and check if this new mode appears in your case.