Question: when was the last time google street view was updated

title: Google Street View
text: Cameras : Street View imagery has come from several generations of camera systems from Immersive Media ( 1 ) , Point Grey Research ( now FLIR Systems ) ( 2 ) and developed in - house . The cameras contain no mechanical parts , including the shutter , instead using CMOS sensors and an electronic rolling shutter . Widely deployed versions are : R2 : the earliest after Immersive Media , photos were captured with a ring of eight 11 - megapixel CCD sensors with commercial photographic wide - angle lenses , cameras with the same specs as those used for the Google Books project . Ladybug2 cameras ( resolution 1024 x 768 pixels ) by Point Grey Research . R5 : uses a ring of eight 5 - megapixel CMOS cameras by Elphel with custom low - flare lenses , plus a camera with fisheye lens on top to capture upper levels of buildings . R7 : is the first completely in - house built camera , it uses 15 of the same sensors and lenses as R5 , but no fish - eye . 2017 : uses 8 20MP cameras . Includes two facing left and right to read street signs and business names .