Animated Clouds shows you the last 24 hours of cloud movement on Google Earth.
The data is updated every hour, or when new data is available.

### Computer

## Turn on Animated Clouds

1. Open [Google Earth](https://earth.google.com/).
2. In the bottom-left corner, click the **Basemap** settings icon to open the panel.
3. Under **More visuals** , toggle on **Animated clouds**.

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> **Tip:** Google Earth shows stationary clouds by default, and animated clouds fade and then disappear when you zoom in.

## Turn off stationary clouds

1. Open [Google Earth](https://earth.google.com/).
2. In the bottom-left corner, click the **Basemap** settings icon.
3. Under **Details** , select **Custom**.
4. Toggle off **Clouds** to hide them from your map view.

Both animated and stationary clouds fade, and then disappear, when zooming in.

**Notes:**

- Cloud data may not always be precise and shouldn't be used for public safety or daily planning.
- There might be gaps in coverage and irregular shaped clouds.
- If new data is unavailable, we'll show the most recent complete data rather than show no clouds.
- There's no cloud data near the poles.

### Android

## Turn on Animated Clouds


1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the ![Google Earth app icon](https://developers.google.com/static/maps/documentation/earth/images/earth-logo.svg) Google Earth app.
2. In the bottom-left corner, tap the **Basemap** settings icon to open the **Basemap settings** panel.
3. Under **More visuals** , toggle on **Animated clouds**.

> [!TIP]
> **Tip:**Google Earth shows stationary clouds by default, and animated clouds fade and then disappear when you zoom in.

**Notes:**

- Cloud data may not always be precise and shouldn't be used for public safety or daily planning.
- There might be gaps in coverage and irregular shaped clouds.
- If new data is unavailable, we'll show the most recent complete data rather than show no clouds.
- There's no cloud data near the poles.

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### iOS

## Turn on Animated Clouds


1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the ![Google Earth app icon](https://developers.google.com/static/maps/documentation/earth/images/earth-logo.svg) Google Earth app.
2. In the bottom-left corner, tap the **Basemap** settings icon to open the **Basemap settings** panel.
3. Under **More visuals** , toggle on **Animated clouds**.

> [!TIP]
> **Tip:**Google Earth shows stationary clouds by default, and animated clouds fade and then disappear when you zoom in.

**Notes:**

- Cloud data may not always be precise and shouldn't be used for public safety or daily planning.
- There might be gaps in coverage and irregular shaped clouds.
- If new data is unavailable, we'll show the most recent complete data rather than show no clouds.
- There's no cloud data near the poles.

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