

Hopefully, the vast majority of folks will either get the Android version, or not run into this issue on newer machines. What I had to do was open “ chrome://flags” and select the first option “ Override Software Rendering list“, select the “ Relaunch” button, and then the new Google Earth version loaded in my browser.

The new version failed to load because it said WebGL wasn’t supported. In fact, I had a bit of a problem starting it because I have an old Macbook Pro (2011 model). And there’s a new Google Earth for Android version as well.īack at the top, there is a button that says “Launch Google Earth” which all you have to do (with your Chrome browser only) is go to: /web and you can see the new Google Earth which is out today!Īs predicted, it appears today’s announcement is about a web-based version of Google Earth. Scrolling down the page and you see there’s a world to explore with a new feature called Voyager. Turns out there is a new home page which announces right at the top “Launch Earth for Chrome” with a big title saying “Gain a new perspective” followed by “Explore the reaches of the world, right in your browser”. Went to check the Google Earth home page ahead of the press announcement this morning.
