Apple’s new Look Around feature, a new component of iOS 13 Maps that offers a street view of your surroundings, is now available in Los Angeles and New York City.
During the iOS 13 beta testing and launch periods, the Look Around feature in Maps was limited to the Bay Area of California, Las Vegas, and parts of Hawaii, but Apple is working to expand it to additional locations.
Look Around can be used across New York City, from Manhattan and the Bronx to Brooklyn and Queens, and it is also available in Los Angeles from Burbank to Long Beach to Pomona. It’s not yet available in Anaheim, Riverside, and other cities further south.
The Look Around feature can be used in Apple Maps when an icon of a pair of binoculars becomes available. Simply tap the binoculars icon to launch into a close-up street level view of your location in a little card, which can be tapped again to get a full screen view of Look Around.
Look Around can also be brought up when searching for specific supported locations by tapping on the Look Around card in the search results.
The Look Around feature also brings up notable points of interest such as restaurants, businesses, parks, and other locations, although the view is limited to what can be captured from the street since it uses data captured from Apple’s mapping vehicles.
Look Around will be expanding to additional locations in 2019 and 2020, and Apple is also still in the process of rolling out its updated maps.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors