02 April 2023

Yes, You can "Time-Travel" with Google Maps...While you're here, you should also check out how to use Google Maps even when you don't have internet and why you may want to blur your home from Google Maps

Just follow the instructions and suggestions provided


Discover the Past With This Hidden Google Maps Feature

You can travel back in time and take a look at your home as far back as 15 years ago.


 in 2011 that's no longer open.
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Google's fleet of Street View vehicles have been flying around popular cities and tiny neighborhoods across the world for over a decade now, capturing photos of homes, parks, buildings and pretty much everything else you can see from the street. As its technology has advanced, Google has since retraced its steps, capturing higher quality images of the same places to make Google Maps even better.

In fact, if you go into Google Maps right now and use the Street View feature on your home, for example, you should see a pretty recent image, probably from the last year or so. However, that isn't the only image that exists of where you live. 

> Google Maps stores every image taken of that location, dating back to 2007 -- you just need to know how to find them.

Interested in seeing what your home looked like over a decade ago? We'll show you how to use Google Map's time-travel feature on your phone and desktop.

While you're here, you should also check out how to use Google Maps even when you don't have internet and why you may want to blur your home from Google Maps.

How to see older Street View images on your phone ...

Check out vintage Street View images on your computer...

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