By Yuan Ren For Mailonline
Published: 12:45 GMT, 11 February 2019 | Updated: 15:12 GMT, 11 February 2019
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Google is adding a new augmented reality (AR) feature to Google Maps that puts users in street view to navigate their surroundings in real-time through their smartphone.
The new app will use the phone's lens to scan buildings and landmarks and direct users based on what they see in front of them, rather than by looking at the blue dot on a Google map.
The feature will be tested by a few members of Google's Local Guides community who earn points by writing Google reviews.
No dates have been set for making it widely available to Map users.
Google could soon be adding a new augmented reality (AR) feature to Google Maps so puts the user in street view and navigate their surroundings in real-time.
The new app will use the phone's lens to scan buildings and landmarks and direct users based on what they see in front of them rather than by looking at the blue dot is on a Google map.
The feature will be tested by a few members of Google's Local Guides community who earn points by writing Google reviews. No dates have been set for making it widely available to Map users.
The new AR Street map feature was shown in a demo video made by the Wall Street Journal yesterday, which seemed to have exclusive access to the update.
The video shows the user holding up his phone while in Google Maps and the camera scanning what it sees in front of the phone.
Once the landmarks have been recognised by Google Maps and is locked through the GPS system, information about those landmarks appear on the screen.
The new AR Street map feature was shown in a demo video made by the Wall Street Journal yesterday, which seemed to have exclusive access to the update.
The video shows the user holding up his phone while in Google Maps and the camera scanning what it sees in
