It’s about to get a lot easier to toggle between Street View and Satellite View on Google Maps on Android — and it’s coming via an Aerial View button.
According to a report from Android Authority, the code in Google Maps‘ newest version, v25.39.07, allows users to seamlessly switch between Satellite View, also known as Aerial View, and Street View while you’re looking at the map via Street View. A simple button labeled “Aerial” in the bottom-left corner of the display reportedly switches between views.
Android Authority, which activated the button before its release, showed that the “Aerial button essentially brings users to a top-down, close-up of the Satellite View, and it works across both the 2D and 3D satellite maps.”
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Users can switch back to Street View at any time, the outlet reported. According to the news outlet, Aerial view even remembers which direction you’re facing in Street View when you transition to another view.
This isn’t official yet, and Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Mashable. But this is about to really elevate the way we explore a city before visiting — or find where that storefront is.
