Google Earth

Google Earth

A screengrab shows Google Earth’s flight simulator, now available on web browsers. Photo: Collected

Google Earth brings flight simulator to browsers

The feature is part of Google’s wider push to add more advanced tools to the web version of Google Earth, allowing users to access key functions without installing the desktop app

Padma Bridge from satellite. Photo: Screengrab

Padma Bridge from satellite 

Twitter user sees his late father waiting for his mother to arrive home on Google Earth. Photo: Nextshark

Japanese man discovers late father on Google Earth waiting for his mom to come home

Google has now moved Google Earth for Chrome onto WebAssembly (Wasm), the W3C web standard which has seen a much wider adoption. Photo: Hindustan Times

Now, you can use Google Earth on non-Chrome browsers like Firefox, Edge, and Opera