Google is making its flight simulator available to everyone. It was first released in 2007, but only for desktop versions of Google Earth. People had to download it. The new version is browser-based. 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. People may have 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". This takes you to a page with a picture of Earth. You then type where you want to fly to in the search bar. Then, you click on "Tools" in the menu bar and select "Flight simulator" from the drop-down menu. CNET.com wrote people can access "the entire Google Earth database, so you can fly to almost anywhere on Earth and check out various landmarks".