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Google Earth on android Tablets.

roddydogs
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Anyone actually got this to work properly on android, (Black screen) 3 different devices, none of which work properly. Yes I know the Googled answer of install an older version, but this didnt work either (no street view).Just wondered.

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  • searchlight123
    searchlight123 Posts: 1,157 Forumite
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    it seems to work fine on my android nexus 2013 7" tablet. i'm using version 8.0.4.2346
    street view etc is all as it should be here.
  • basill
    basill Posts: 1,424 Forumite
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    edited 10 October 2016 at 7:49AM
    I found Street view available as a separate app in the Play store for devices running Android 4.4 Kit kat and above.
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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Been working for years on all my Androids including Street View..
  • forgotmyname
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    Lack of RAM on the devices? Its rather memory hungry and i hated the dektop version of google maps for the same reason.

    It went from fairly lightweight in its resource needs considering the content to a bloated why have they ruined it.
    For a while you could run the classic view but they phased that out.

    The new version of google maps = slow and bloated, half the town names only show up at certain zoom ratio's.
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  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    android, (Black screen) 3 different devices
    Which devices?! What Android version?!
    Google Earth is pretty graphics intensive so if they're all ancient no-name rubbish, you might be out of luck.
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