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Google is getting ready to show off updated Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries. In a now-removed blog post seen by The Verge, Google announced that the new images are coming to countries like Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, and more.

Google is also bringing Street View to a handful of countries where it’s never been available, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Namibia, Liechtenstein, and Paraguay. The company said its more portable Street View camera, which launched in 2022, will help offer images of “even more places in the future.”

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