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I've been considering getting a Samsung phone when I eventually replace my Pixel 6 Pro.
I would've been happy to stay in the Google ecosystem forever, but they keep enshittifying faster and faster. I'm just about at the tipping point.
However, I often use the Live View feature in Google Maps when I'm walking to new places. I would miss it if I didn't have access to it any more. And it seems like most of my non-Pixel-having friends either don't have access to Live View, or don't know about it.
If you use a Samsung phone, can you tell me if Google Maps Live View is available to you??
I don't trust the documentation & also wouldn't trust most salespeople's answer to this question.
@lookitmychicken
from what i've seen, it depends?
like as far as i know, a google car came here just once (it made the news) and was the specifically for the goal of mapping things for street/live view and perhaps bettering the accuracy of streets/buildings
so depending if the place has lots of traffic, if it's in center town or tricky to navigate, there might be a street view of it
@skymeong huh, so maybe the Live View option is dependent on whether the area has been mapped on Street View ... ?
That might explain why some people using Samsung phones can use Live View, and others can't.
@lookitmychicken@blorbo.social@skymeong PS my kid and I were visible on Google Street view for a few years, waiting at the pedestrian crossing near their primary school. We saw the Google Street View car go past and waved at it.
It was kinda neat.
(I just checked again, and it looks like Street View has updated its view of that pedestrian crossing since then.)