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This hidden Google Maps feature is making people emotional - here's why

This viral trend has people spotting lost loved ones through Street View.

In doing so, many spotted long-gone family members on front porches or mowing the lawn, caught glimpses of their younger selves riding bikes in the driveway, or saw beloved trees that had been cut down years ago. While this Google Maps feature isn't new, it has become an emotional and nostalgic internet sensation -- inspiring others to open the app and see what moments were captured in past years by Street View cars quietly passing their homes. Show more Google introduced the "See More Dates" feature for Street View on desktop in 2014, allowing users to access historical imagery of various locations.

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