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How to Take a 360° Panorama Photo with Your Phone
Choose a capture mode, turn on the spot, overlap each photo by about a third and let the app stitch them. Here is the full workflow and how to avoid the usual problems.
5 min read
Coming soon to Android
Turn Your Phone Into a 360° Camera
Capture panoramic photos, build interactive virtual tours and turn your spaces into immersive experiences with Panorama 360.
- Capture panoramic views with your smartphone.
- Stitch images into wider scenes using supported capture modes.
- Explore and share your panoramic photographs.
- Unlock optional AI-powered tools when available.
Needs Android 10 or later with a back camera and motion sensors. Results vary by phone and scene.
Look around a 360° panorama
This is a real interactive panorama viewer showing a sample image, so you can see what “exploring every angle” means.
Drag to exploreIn the app
Turn Your Panoramas Into Interactive Virtual Tours
Link your scenes so people can move from room to room, tap information points and contact you. Build it step by step in the app; it is saved on your phone as you go, so it works offline.
- • Add scenes from your gallery, imported images or a new capture
- • Link scenes with navigation hotspots you place by tapping the panorama
- • Add information points with text, a photo, a link and an enquiry button
- • Preview the tour exactly as visitors will see it
- • Optional AI help with titles and descriptions, always with the cost shown and your approval first
Hosted share links and QR codes are planned and are not available yet. Studio can already export a tour package you host yourself.
Who builds virtual tours
- Real estate agents and property listings
- Hotels, resorts and venues
- Restaurants and cafés
- Showrooms and retail
- Interior designers and architects
- Travel and tourism guides
See also 360° for real estate and 360° for hotels.
Everything for your panorama workflow
What the app does today, and what is still planned. Planned features are labelled and are not available yet.
- In the app
Guided panorama capture
On-screen markers, a level indicator and a coverage map show where to point next. Photos are taken automatically when you hold still, or manually.
- In the app
Horizontal 360° photography
One full turn around you, usually about 10 to 14 photos, saved as a 360° panorama without floor and ceiling.
- In the app
Full spherical capture
Several rings plus floor and ceiling shots for a complete 360° × 180° sphere. Incomplete spheres are never labelled as complete.
- In the app
Stitching and blending
Photos are aligned with the phone's motion sensors and image matching, exposure-matched and blended on your device.
- In the app
Viewer, editor and export
Look around in an interactive viewer, set the start view, level, crop and adjust colour, then save or share a JPEG with spherical metadata.
- In the app
Hotspots and linked panoramas
Pin notes to points of interest and link one panorama to another by hand, on every plan.
- In the app
Virtual tour builder
Guided steps to add scenes, order them, link them with navigation hotspots, add information points and preview the tour. Built and saved on your phone, even offline.
- Planned
Hosted links and QR codes
Planned: publish a tour to a shareable link with a QR code. Needs hosting that is not switched on yet, so it is not available today.
- Planned
AI descriptions and tags
Planned: titles, tags and accessible descriptions generated from your panorama, with the credit cost shown first.
- Planned
Marketing and listing copy
Planned: captions, website copy and structured property-listing text based on your photo and the facts you provide.
- Planned
Enhancement and image generation
Planned: optional AI enhancement and promotional images. Edits are saved as new versions and never replace your original.
Learn more: the 360° panorama camera app, spherical panoramas and how stitching works.
How it works
Capture or import panoramas
Capture 360° scenes with guided prompts, or add panoramas you already have. Flat photos are labelled as flat, never passed off as 360°.
Connect the scenes
Tap the picture where a doorway or path is and link it to another scene. Links are placed by you; the app never guesses.
Add information
Add points with a title, a description, an optional photo and a link, plus an optional enquiry button for your business.
Preview, save and share
Walk through the tour on your phone. Hosted links and QR codes are planned; until then, Studio can export a package you host yourself.
Sign in with an emailed code
The Features tab
Screens from an early Android build; the final app may differ.
Where panoramas help
These are possible uses, not promised results. Good outcomes depend on the scene, the lighting and your technique.
Travel and landscapes
Keep the whole view, not just one frame of it.
Real estate and property listings
Show how rooms connect to each other in one wide view.
Hotels and resorts
Present rooms, lobbies and venues from the middle of the space.
Retail showrooms
Let visitors see a showroom floor before they visit.
Interior design
Capture a space before and after a project.
Photography and creative projects
Experiment with wide scenes and equirectangular images.
Photography on this page is sample imagery (CC0, Poly Haven), not captured with Panorama 360.
Planned: not launched yet
AI Studio: optional tools for your panoramas
AI Studio is separate from the camera. When it launches, its tools will use prepaid credits and will always show the cost and ask you to confirm first. Using them sends the image you choose to an AI service for processing.
- • Panorama descriptions, titles, tags and accessible descriptions
- • Marketing captions and website copy
- • Structured property-listing text from your photo and your facts
- • Suggested hotspots you can move, edit or remove
- • Photo enhancement saved as a new version
- • Promotional images and guided editing
How virtual tours are paid for
- • Building, previewing and saving tours on your phone does not need a new subscription.
- • Hosted links will use a separate prepaid hosting balance, not a subscription and not your AI credits. The period, limits and what happens when hosting ends will be shown before you pay.
- • Your tour on your phone is never deleted when hosting ends.
- • Optional AI text for tours uses AI credits, with the cost shown first.
- • Prices are not announced yet, so none are shown.
Pricing and AI credits
- • Capture, stitching, viewing and standard exports don't use AI credits.
- • AI tools are optional and, when launched, use prepaid credits. The cost is shown before you confirm each operation, and credits are returned if an operation fails.
- • Prices are shown by Google Play at checkout and may vary by market.
Prices for credit packs and subscriptions will be announced at launch. We don't publish prices until they are final.
Details are on the features and pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
What is Panorama 360?
Panorama 360 is an Android app for capturing guided panoramas with your phone: horizontal 360° panoramas and complete 360° × 180° spheres. It stitches the photos on your device and includes a viewer, a basic editor and export.
Is Panorama 360 available for Android?
Not yet. Panorama 360 is coming soon to Android and isn't on Google Play at the moment. This page will link to the store listing once it is published.
Can I take panoramic photos with my phone?
Yes. The app guides you through a series of overlapping photos using your phone's camera and motion sensors, then combines them into one wide image. Results depend on your phone, the lighting and how steadily you turn.
What is the difference between a panorama and a full spherical panorama?
A panorama covers a wide horizontal sweep. A horizontal 360° panorama goes all the way around you but shows only a band of the view. A full spherical panorama covers 360° horizontally and 180° vertically, including floor and ceiling. Panorama 360 only labels an image as a full sphere when the whole sphere was covered.
Do I need a dedicated 360° camera?
Not to get started. A phone can capture panoramas and spheres by taking many photos. A dedicated 360° camera captures everything at once, which helps with moving subjects and speed. Which is better depends on your scene and your standards.
Can I save and share panoramic images?
Yes. The app exports JPEG files that include Google's spherical panorama metadata so compatible viewers can show them as 360° images. Free exports are capped at 4096 pixels wide and carry a small Panorama 360 mark; paid plans remove those limits.
Does the app include AI features?
AI tools are planned and are not yet launched. They are optional and separate from capturing and viewing panoramas. When they launch, using them will send the image you choose to an AI service, and the app will say so before you confirm.
What is a virtual tour in Panorama 360?
A set of 360° scenes linked by hotspots you place yourself, plus optional information points. You build it in the app, preview it on your phone and keep it there. Nothing is uploaded unless you choose to publish.
Can I share a virtual tour with a link or QR code?
Hosted links and QR codes are built into the app but depend on a hosting service that is not switched on yet, so they are not available today. We will say so here when they are. In the meantime, Studio can export a tour package that you host on your own website.
Will virtual tours need a new subscription?
No. Building tours on your phone is free of any new subscription. Hosting is planned as a separate prepaid balance with a stated period, limits and what happens when it ends, and your tour on your phone is never deleted when hosting ends. Prices have not been announced.
Do AI features require credits?
Yes, when they launch. AI operations use prepaid credits, the cost is shown before you confirm, and credits are returned if an operation fails. Basic camera features don't use credits.
Which Android devices are supported?
The app is built for Android 10 or later and needs a back camera and motion sensors (rotation sensing). Not every phone behaves the same way, so we can't promise identical results on every device.
How do I get started?
Join the waitlist at the bottom of this page and we'll email you when the app launches. Our guides on the blog show how to prepare for your first panorama.
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