Google has updated the Google Earth download site to promote the new web version and you must click on ‘older versions’ to find the desktop version.įrank reports that he gets significantly better graphics in the new version due to better graphics settings being enabled by default. The update should be automatic if you have Google Earth or Google Earth Pro already installed and a recent operating system (the minimum requirements have been increased). Google is finally dropping the ‘basic’ version of Google Earth and upgrading everyone to Google Earth Pro. See the release announcement for the full list of changes. Although there are no added features, it is a fairly significant update, including enhancements to the interface, graphics, internal browser and much more.

Google has updated the desktop version of Google Earth to 7. If you try to go download now, you will get the latest 7.1 release instead. I will update this post when the update is once again available and/or more details are released. Google has said that they temporarily removed the new 7.3 update due to a critical bug found shortly after being launched. Manual update release will roll out in a few hours they said. that fixed a problem with the Linux version, and also fixed an HTTP request issue. Google updated the 7.3 release with a new version 7.