Google Earth is available on other browser as Firefox, Edge, and Opera

Google Earth is a virtual globe launched by Google. With the powerful functions of Google Maps and Google Street View, users can browse various places around the world directly on the Internet. Slightly regrettable that Google Earth service only supports users to access using Google Chrome.

Now that Google has finally decided to lift browser restrictions to allow all browsers to access Google Earth, Google also explained the technical reasons why the restrictions are now phrased out.

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“We still have some work to do,” notes the Google Earth team in a blog post. “Namely polishing our experience across all these browsers and adding support for Safari.” Google revealed last year that Earth would support Safari once Apple adds “better support for WebGL2” in the browser.

Currently accessing Google Earth on Google Chrome will also be implemented with NaCl technology, but if other browsers access Google Earth, a compatible version will be available.

Compatible versions are developed by new technologies such as WebAssembly, which are already supported by mainstream browsers so they can access Google Earth normally.

Browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Brave Browser, Opera, Vivaldi, etc. can now directly access Google Earth.

However, the Apple Safari browser does not yet support it. Google stated that Apple could also access Google Earth after providing better support for WebGL2.