When you want to use satellite mode, you can enable it by tapping on the Map Type icon shaped like a diamond with a V under it. If you notice that always starting Google Maps in satellite view uses too much data, you can always follow the same steps to turn it off. Go to Setting, and swipe down until you see the option that says Start Maps in Satellite view. To always have Google Maps open in Satellite view, Open the app and tap on your profile picture. How to Make Google Maps Always Open in Satellite View But, if you’re ok with that, here’s how you can change it. There is one thing you should know about the Satellite view, and it does use more data than the others. With a few taps here and there, every time you open Google Maps, it’ll open in that view. So if your not a code-savvy then it's better to wait till Google officially announce something about this feature.But if you’re a huge Satelite view fan and always want Google Maps to open on that option, it’s possible. Whew, that is surely a lot of time.Īlso if you want to try the feature, you must have a deeply rooted phone and have to make some manual changes and modify the app preferences or other terminal commands. Up till now, the feature can show the past in aerial view till 1984 in some regions and up to 1930s or 1940 in some countries, but the team at Google is trying to make it take you further back, maybe an 80 year period, along with the 3D view, street view and much more. Just open the Google Earth app on your Android smartphone because Google is conducting experiments for a time-lapse mode for time-traveling which will show you the historical data through which you can see in the past.īut the feature is hidden for now and a developer named Kyler discovered it through some experimental settings. Now, this is very exciting news for all the time travel lovers, if you want to go back to the olden times and see where and how your forefathers lived.

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