Just like that rival effort, you can touch and drag to explore your environment. This feature is rolling out relatively slowly, but it’s still coming along.It’s very similar indeed to Street View on Google Maps.

Notable places like restaurants and business will be highlighted as you view from the street level, too. It might be a nice way to check out a location before a planned trip, for instance. You can tap the display to move around, letting you view the area around. (Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use Apple Maps’ new Look Around feature.) It starts off in a title card, but tapping on the card will promptly escort you into a full-screen view. Tap on that and you’ll drop to street level. To access Look Around while cruising around a supported city, there will be a pair of binoculars that pop up within the app.

And in Los Angeles, Look Around supports visiting spots across the city, from Pomona, to Long Beach, to Burbank. In NYC, the Look Around feature can be used from Manhattan to the Bronx, to Brooklyn and Queens. This means you can drop yourself onto the street of one of these cities and take a look around, even if the view might be a bit limited considering it’s only the imagery that a mapping vehicle can grab while traveling the streets. Apple is working to expand the feature, though, and that is the case today.Īccording to MacRumors, the Look Around feature in Apple Maps is now available in both New York City, New York, and Los Angeles, California. The primary difference right now, other than functionality, is the fact that Apple’s variant is only available in a select amount of cities right now. It’s a similar feature to Google Maps’ Street View. One of the new features baked into the new Apple Maps for iOS 13 is the ability to “Look Around” particular city, giving the user the ability to see details of a city from the ground without having to actually visit.

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