Google Maps: Chrome Update, Street View Guy Gets Santa Hat

Google Maps: Chrome Update, Street View Guy Gets Santa Hat
A screenshot of Google Maps shows the small yellow man on the bottom right clad in a Santa hat.
Jack Phillips
12/22/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

The Google Maps’ Street View guy--the yellow man used to access the feature--is now wearing a Santa Claus cap in time for Christmas.

It also appears that Google changed the Maps layout, but it appears that it only appears in the Chrome browser.

Tests with Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Comodo Dragon showed the old Google Maps layout.

In Chrome, to change back to the old layout, click the small question mark on the bottom right and click “return to classic Google Maps.”

Other changes includes removing the left sidebar, placing the Satellite view on the bottom left, and placing the street view and zoom function on the bottom right.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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