Google will make its flight simulator available to the public. The simulator was first released in 2007, but has only been on desktop versions of Google Earth. People had to download and install it. The new version is browser-based. Anyone can access it on a web browser. There is no need to install anything. Google said: "The flight simulator is designed for casual exploration." You will be able to fly anywhere using Google's maps. Google said people may experience issues "when flying near ground level in regions below sea level".

To use the flight simulator, you need to open Google Earth and click on "Explore Earth" in the top right corner. This takes you to a page with a picture of Earth against the black of space. You then choose where you want to fly around by typing your desired location in the search bar. To start flying, you need to click on "Tools" in the menu bar and then select "Flight simulator" from the drop-down menu. CNET.com wrote: "Google Earth's flight simulator has access to the entire Google Earth database, so you can fly to almost anywhere on Earth and check out various landmarks."