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That's a damn shame, because with a case dedicated to this use case, you can put your phone on a camera tripod [1] and get really nice photospheres. In fact until I read this feature was dropped, I was anticipating hacking a Peak Design magsafe back to do exactly that.

Oh well, maybe I'll just keep using the pixel 6 pro for that. As others have noted, it's useful to upload panorama and photospheres to Google maps. Particularly for people who are sight or mobility limited, it may be their best option to virtually visit a space. Not that Google Earth isn't also useful, but people will happily crowd source images for places Google photo cars can't go. Google's "Street Trekker" program is done and even their own web page for uploading 360° imagery only references commercial cameras and not their own phones with Photosphere.

[1] https://hackaday.com/tag/photo-sphere-tripod/