Google will shut down Street View app by 2023: Details here

Google will remove the standalone Street View app from the App Store in the ‘coming weeks’ and will stop support for the app in March 2023, The Verge reports. The platform says a spokesperson for Google Madison Gouvia confirmed to them in a statement. Notably, 9to5Google was the first to receive evidence in a recent update, indicating that the search giant was planning to move beyond the app.

Dedicated street view app Available on both iOS and Android. It lets users check out places on Google Maps with Street View and contribute 360-degree imagery or what Google calls it a ‘photo sphere’ to improve Street View. But users can also use Street View in the main Google Maps app and contribute 360 ​​imagery with the Street View Studio web app. All this makes the separate app redundant somewhere and Google will soon remove it.

It’s likely that Google is withdrawing from Maps in some significant way. A few weeks ago, the technology giant showed off a few ways it plans to make the app more immersive, including what it calls ‘Immersive View’, which gives users a 3D aerial view of a specific location along with details like weather and traffic. gives.

Meanwhile, Google has also put on hold its plan to implement Google Play Billing System From October 31 on Indian Developers. The company announced the plan through an update on its help page. The move comes less than a week after the Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed two back-to-back fines on the company for violating competition rules in the country.

“Developers in India were given an additional extension till October 31, 2022 to comply with the payment scenario in the country due to unique circumstances. Following the recent CCI decision, we are halting enforcement of the requirement for developers to use Google Play’s billing system to purchase digital goods and services for transactions by users in India, while we continue to explore our legal options. Let’s review and make sure we can continue to invest in Android. and play. The requirement to use Google Play’s billing system applies for in-app digital content purchases for users outside India,” Google said.

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