Bangalore: Though a Google powered Maps is still a distant dream for iOS users, Google is bidding to hold on to them by providing them everything Apple can’t offer. And the latest one to list is the addition of Street View to the mobile web.

After the disastrous failure of iOS Maps, Tim Cook, on last week had apologized to iOS users and asked them to depend on competitor’s products including Google Maps on the mobile web along with Bing, Waze and Nokia’s mobile website.

Google might have thought exploiting the situation and introduced the Street view to mobile web, says Walt Mossberg of AllThingsD, keeping in mind that the Lack of Street View imagery is one of the commonly cited downsides of Apple’s new default Maps app along with its big data errors.

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According to Walt, “Google plans to announce on Thursday that it is adding its popular Street View feature, missing from Apple’s maps, to the Web version of Google Maps accessed from the iPhone and iPad. I tested this addition, which displays 360-degree photographic street views of selected locations, and interior photographic views of certain businesses, using sample links Google sent me. These links worked well, allowing me to see the locations and pan around with a finger.”

Recent reports also suggested that Google is working on a fully fledged Native Maps for iOS. But until it comes out, all that iOS users get from Google is this web version.

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