Street View now live in the Google Maps iOS Web app

We Have Reported Yesterday About the Street View That Google may launch additional features in its Google Maps web app for iPhone and iPad as soon as Thursday, providing a real alternative to Apple’s poorly-received Maps app in its new iOS 6 software.

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg delivered on his claim that Google would update its iOS Maps app to include Street View functionality on Thursday, after the search giant rolled out the feature earlier this morning on both iPhone and iPad devices.

Now, if you visit the maps.google.com on your iOS device, you can select the location you wish to view and a selection of icons will be displayed alongside the street address in the Safari browser.

Hit the stick figure icon (similar to dragging the icon on desktop maps) and you will be shown Street View imagery which can be dragged to show a 360-degree panoramic view.

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The launch of Street View on iOS comes after the bungled launch of Apple’s Maps app. Soon after the company released its new mapping service, it admitted that it launched the service knowing that it was a ‘major initiative’ and that it was just getting started with it. “The more people use it, the better it will get, said Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller at the time.