Now Google Earth supports Android-powered tablets

BANGALORE, INDIA: Search engine giant Google has announced the latest version of Google Earth app for Android powered tablets.

Google Earth, which was released in 2005, enables users to explore the world with click of a button. Now the company has updated its app to power tablets that runs on Google’s Android mobile operating system.

With the recent update, Google has announced the support for fully textured 3D buildings and features like a new action bar up top, enabling easier access to search, the option to “fly to your location” and layers such as Places, Panoramio photos, Wikipedia and 3D buildings.

"With the recent release of tablets based on Android 3.0, we wanted to take full advantage of the large screens and powerful processors that this exciting new breed of tablets had to offer," wrote Peter Birch, product manager at Google in a blog post.

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He further added, "Moving from a mobile phone to a tablet was like going from a regular movie theatre to IMAX. We took advantage of the larger screen size, including features like content pop-ups appearing within Earth view, so you can see more information without switching back and forth between pages."

The new update of Google Earth is available for Android 2.1 and Tablet design is available for devices running Android 3.0 Honeycomb and above.