Google Search Bar Secrets

Wikimedia list articleThe technology company has added Easter eggs and into many of, such as, and since at least 2000.are hidden features or messages, and cultural references inserted into media. They are often well hidden, so that users find it gratifying when they discover them, helping form bonds between their creators and finders. Google's employees are encouraged to use for projects of personal interest, and Easter eggs are sometimes created during this. Google avoids adding Easter eggs to popular search pages, as they do not want to negatively impact usability. A frame from Google's webdriver torso logo.

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See. 'text adventure ( )' or 'google easter eggs' using most popular modern browsers (except ) and opening will trigger a playable within the console. 'thanos ( )' and 'infinity gauntlet' display a Knowledge Graph with the on it. Clicking it will cause its fingers to, disintegrating half of the links and images on the page, as well as counting down the number of results to half. This is a reference to the 2018 film, in which the character destroyed half of all life in the universe with the Gauntlet on his hand by snapping his fingers.

It was added in celebration of its sequel –. Clicking the gauntlet again restores the previously disintegrated results' content. 'webdriver torso ( )' turns the into. This is a reference to an automated YouTube channel made by Google to test YouTube's performance. This does not work on mobile devices or when there is a on that day. 'wizard of oz ( )' will display a pair of ruby slippers. Clicking on them will cause the page to spin in a tornado-like effect while an audio file of Judy Garland saying 'there's no place like home' is heard.

After the effect finishes, the page is seen in black and white only. If you then click on the tornado, an audio file from the movie when the tornado hits plays, the page spins again and returns to colour. During, search queries including ' and ' caused the 'Goooo.gle' page indicator at the bottom of every result page to read 'Goooo.al!'

Instead. 'wubba lubba dub dub ( )' results in Google's Search asking 'Did you mean: i am in great pain please help me'. When using, it responds with 'Are you in pain?

How can I help?' , 'Sorry, I don't speak Birdperson' or 'Morty, let's get Schwifty', referencing the. 'zerg rush ( )' causes an to attack and destroy the search results, which can be defeated by clicking on them. Once you are defeated (as victory is impossible ), the Os form, meaning 'Good Game'.Friends characters For the 25th anniversary of the TV series, Google embedded Easter eggs for Chandler Bing ( ), Phoebe Buffay ( ), Monica Geller ( ), Ross Geller ( ), Rachel Green ( ) and Joey Tribbiani ( ) in their respective Knowledge Graphs. Embedded tools. Further information:A Google web search for:. 'breathing exercise ( )' will have a 60-second breathing exercise.

'bubble level ( )' on a will have an interactive. 'color picker ( )' or 'rgb to hex' will provide a and a color values. Selecting 'Show color values' will also show conversions to the, color models.

'flip a coin ( )' will flip a coin: heads or tails. 'fun facts ( )' or 'i'm feeling curious' will show a fun fact.

Once a search result has been given, clicking on 'Ask another question' will show another question. It will show a short fact in about 1-3 sentences and a link to the website where the fact was found within a featured box at the top of the search results. 'metronome ( )' will have a that can be adjusted from 40 to 218. 'minesweeper ( )' will have a playable game of.

Users can select between three modes: easy, medium and hard. 'pac-man ( )', 'google pacman' or 'play pacman' will show the related interactive Google Doodle from 2010.

Clicking Insert Coin twice will enable a second player,. The initial configuration of Google's Pac-Man banner. 'play dreidel ( )' will spin a, landing on one of four letters of the: נ , ג , ה or ש. ' ( )' or 'rng' will generate a random number.

The starting range is between 1 and 10, but the maximum and minimum can be adjusted. Changing the maximum or minimum to a number with more than 10 digits will generate a 😵. Changing both the maximum and the minimum to 100 will generate a 💯. 'roll a die ( )' will roll a six sided. Dice with 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 20 sides may be selected to roll from an interface accessed by the search term 'd' followed immediately by the desired number e.g.

'snake ( )', 'play snake', 'snake game' and 'snake video game' will result in a 'Play Snake' card. By selecting Click to Play, the user can play on both desktop and mobile. Clicking the snake after the game ends will switch it between blue to rainbow; a new game can be played with the rainbow snake. 'solitaire ( )' will have a playable game of solitaire.

Users can select between two modes: easy and hard. 'spinner ( )' will have an interactive spinning wheel and a which can be toggled via the switch. For the spinning wheel, a can change the number of numbers on the wheel: from 2 to 20. Whereas, for the fidget spinner, users have to mimic a rotating motion in order for the spinner to spin. 'tic tac toe ( )' will show a playable game of. Users can select to play against the browser at different levels – 'easy', 'medium' or 'hard' (called 'impossible') – or against a friend.

An alternative way to find the game is to search 'shall we play a game'. 'stopwatch ( )' and 'timer ( )' will provide interactive timing methods; the stopwatch counting up and the timer counting down. Both tools are shown for each search term. Variants such as 'set a timer for 10 minutes' can be used. 'what sound does a dog make ( )' will sound out what a dog will make. The word 'dog' can be replaced with other animals in the search query.

'animal sounds ( )' will pick out a random set of animals. 'google logo history ( )' results in a slideshow of the changes to the, starting with the logo used today and ending with one of the first logos from 1998.Google birthday surprise spinner Searching for 'google birthday surprise spinner ( )' will result in a wheel that spins to one of a selection of playable Google Doodles, tools and games. Whichever is randomly selected may be opened, or the wheel may be spun again. It was added in celebration of Google's 19th birthday.

Calculator In late 2011 Google added a calculator to search results, using to determine that search results might be in nature. Woven into this feature are several, not entirely academic, results which might be considered Easter eggs.A Google web search for:. 'baker's dozen ( )' shows the additional result '1 = 13'. 'once in a blue moon ( )' will give the additional result of ' = 1.16699016 × 10 −8 hertz'. 'the answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything ( )' provides the answer '42' as a result in reference to the novel series, '. It is believed to be the first Google Easter egg, predating the calculator in which it is now revealed. 'the number of horns on a ( )' shows the number '1' on the calculator.

'what is the loneliest number ( )' shows the number = '1' in the calculator.The result of multiple Easter eggs may be calculated; for example: 'the number of horns on a unicorn plus the answer to life the universe and everything ( )' will return '43'. Image search.

A for 'atari breakout ( )' starts a game of, using the gallery of image results as bricks. Once the bricks are destroyed, a random phrase is automatically searched, the player will add the extra ball, and the game will restart.Google Maps and Google Earth. Further information: and. The world of the spin-off film may be explored with Google Street View. Visit in 1926 as brought to life in the film, as well as the real locations today. Fans can visit MACUSA (Magical Congress of the USA); Steen National Bank, where Newt first meets Jacob Kowalski; the underground speakeasy The Blind Pig; and the magical apartment of Tina and Queenie Goldstein, two of the film’s key characters. ( ).

Another 3D buildings Easter egg involves a scene involving a bridge jump from, which is recreated in Google Earth at the linking and. With the release of Google Earth 5, the feature allowed users to speak to a primitive clone on the planet, by searching for 'Meliza'. On July 20, 2005, the 36th anniversary of, Google debuted a version of Google Maps that included a small segment of the surface of the. It is based entirely on images and includes only a very limited region. Panning causes the map to tile.

Zooming to the closest level used to show that the Moon was made of cheese. The map also gives the locations of all, and the FAQ humorously mentions a connection to the, which Google claimed to be developing. Supposedly, by 2069, will support all lunar businesses and addresses. In Street View, on Earls Court Rd, a from the science fiction series is on display. Street View allows one to enter the TARDIS ( ) where it is 'Bigger on the Inside' and explore the set actually used in the show. When navigating from to ( ), the user can choose to travel by, which takes 21 minutes.

When navigating from to ( ), the user can choose to travel by the, which takes 25 minutes. When navigating from to ( ), the user can choose to be punted, which takes 45 minutes.

Searching for public transportation from to ( ) will offer the option. Certain navigation within the greater London area showed the as-yet unopened in royal purple (April Fool's Day, 2016). The teapot found at Google's 418 error page. When visited Google February 2000, asked him for a version of an interactive jumping heart character he'd created as a to be put on the Google site for Valentine's day.

'www.google.com/heart' will redirect to an archived page which is a preservation of the old, but still functional, Google interface, complete with the Valentine's heart and a banner that states 'This site is an old friend from Google’s past, kept in its original form. 'www.google.com/humans.txt ( )' is a simple plain text file serving to remind its readers that Google is created by a large team of humans using many technologies.

It asks for interested readers to visit their careers page. 'www.google.com/killer-robots.txt' is a plain text file in format. It is no longer accessible as of November 28, 2018. 'www.google.com/teapot ( )' states, '418. The requested entity body is short and stout. Tip me over and pour me out.'

Clicking on the picture of the teapot or tilting the mobile device will result in an animation of it pouring tea into a teacup. The web page is a reference to the.Android. Further information:. Since the version 2.3 of Google's an Easter egg has been hidden. The Easter egg can be accessed through the 'Settings' application, in the 'About phone' section, by repeatedly tapping the 'Android version' section. The animation is different in every version of the OS. In 2.3 – 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) there is a painting of an Android next to a zombie, surrounded by using cellphones.

In 3.0 – 3.2.6 there is a blue. Below it, there is the text 'REZZZZZZZ' as a reference to.

In 4.0 – 4.0.4 there is of an android. Long-pressing it will result in many ice cream sandwich androids flying across the screen, dubbed the 'nyan droid' as they are a tribute to. In 4.1 – 4.3.1 a red jelly bean appears, which if pressed will show its face along with the version.

If this jelly bean is then long-pressed, an interactive jelly bean mini-game will appear. This is where one can fling the jelly beans around. In 4.4 a rotating letter 'K' appears, which if continually tapped turns into the text 'Android' in the styling of a KitKat logo. If the Android logo is then long-pressed or twisted with two fingers a tile interface, known as 'a daydream' called 'Dessert Case', loads with icons from all previous versions of Android.

It appears to be a mock of the interface. In 5.x and 6.x , a colored circle appears (or a circle with a stylized M inside in Marshmallow). If continuously tapped, it will turn into a with the text lollipop inside (or the M changes into a in 6.x).

Tapping the circle changes the color. When long-pressed, a game of starts with the Android mascot instead. In Marshmallow, tapping the plus sign adds extra players (up to five), which can be controlled by the user or other players. In 7.0 , an 'N' appears, which will enable another Easter egg if tapped.

This Easter egg, titled 'Android Neko' as a reference to the cat collecting mobile game, can be accessed from the Quick Settings menu, and allows the user to create virtual treats, which will eventually attract kittens. The kittens can be viewed in a gallery-style screen. Additionally, long-pressing on the aforementioned 'N' repeatedly will alternate between displaying the and the cat face emojis, respectively toggling the Easter egg on and off. 'No' and 'cat' is a for 'nougat'.

In 8.0 , instead of the normal way of going to the Easter egg, heading to System About Phone and tapping on the Android version repeatedly will launch the Easter egg. An orange circle appears, representing an 'O' for Oreo. Long pressing on the center will open a blue screen representing a sea with an octopus floating around. The 'O' in octopus represents Oreo while the eight legs on the octopus represent the version (8.0). The octopus can be moved by dragging the head around. In 9.0 , the Easter egg is found by going to System About Phone Android version and then tapping three times on the Android version on the next screen. A white, extended 'P' will then appear, usually with concentric colored circles disappearing into the 'P'.

Each time the Easter egg is invoked, it displays different colors. The animation can be pinched to zoom. On (that run 9.0 Pie), tapping the 'P' icon several times will reveal a drawing app. In, the text 'android 10' will appear, where each of the texts 'android', '1', and '0' can be moved and rotated. Rotating '1' and merging with the digit '0' will result in the 'android Q' text. In this state, tapping the 'Q' several times will reveal a game, where the resulting pictures are various icons of Android. Android 10.

'Spells' may be 'cast' on an Android phone by saying 'Ok Google' followed by 'Lumos' or 'Nox' to turn the flashlight on and off, or 'Silencio' to silence the ringer and notifications.Android applications. In the app, if the player swipes the, a box will appear with three buttons – a B, an A and an ►. Pressing B then A then ► unlocks a secret achievement called 'All your game are belong to us', a reference to the well known ' phrase. In the Google Allo app, sending the Konami Code to the by typing 'up up down down left right left right b a start' will respond with 'Cheat mode enabled'. Typing it again will respond with random statements relatable to the code. In the Google Phone (Dialer) app, inputting the 'Emergency Number' '0118 999 881 999 119 725 3', advertised to replace ' in 's season 1 episode ', will cause the phone to vibrate and the call button to flash blue and red.

The feature is supported to work on stock Android Marshmallow and Android Nougat, and is still present on Oreo (8.1) devices. In, if the device is shaken while viewing a photo, snow will fall; if the device is shaken again it will save an animated of the image with falling snow to the pictures directory. Searching for 'let's go caroling' or 'let's go carolling' on will result in an extra card which displays a list of. The phone will play the music and show the words if one of them is selected. On, swiping down the screen repeatedly will show a cat at the top of the screen. Entering the tabview on the and swiping up on a tab five times will cause the tab do a backflip.

Opening more than 99 tabs in the Google Chrome App will result in ':D' shown instead of the number of opened tabs. Tapping on the dinosaur, which is shown if the Google Chrome App is not able to connect to internet, will start a 'jump and run' game. (See also the below)YouTube. Further information:.

On YouTube for, and on, holding rewind (left on a thumbstick, left ← or J on a ) for a few seconds while at the beginning of a video, will cause an animated image of a small dog to run across the video's progress bar. On a video published by on June 22, 2012, titled 'Why do YouTube views freeze at 301? ( )', the view count was frozen at 301, referencing the bug in the now-changed subject behavior. Adding '&wadsworth=1' to a video URL would apply 'Wadsworth's constant', skipping the first 30% of the video. Whilst viewing any video, typing 'awesome' makes the progress bar and other player elements flash multicolored. Typing 'awesome' again stops it.

YouTube's file at 'www.youtube.com/robots.txt ( )' states that it was 'Created in the distant future (the year 2000) after the robotic uprising of the mid 90's which wiped out all humans.' This is an ostensible reference to the song by. When the live-stream countdown reaches 24 hours before it is scheduled to start, a 'Dawn of The Final Day -24 Hours Remain-' is shown along with a sound effect, referencing the video game. On December 12, 2015, in celebration of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the was changed in order to look like a. By signing up to a specially created page, users were able to follow the Light Side (which would change the progress bar to blue) or the Dark Side (which would change the progress bar to red).

Account users had the option to return the effect to normal. Google disabled it for all users, February 1, 2016. Along with this, mousing over the volume controls would play a lightsaber sound like it was turned on, and mousing off of it would play a power off sound.

A could be activated in the player by pressing a combination of whilst videos were paused or playing. Once started, the snake could be controlled by further use of the arrow keys, directing it to 'gobble up dots' to increase its size. If the snake hit the edges of the video window, the game ended. The feature no longer works with the player. When watching a video with 'fidget spinner' in the title, the buffering icon would change into a spinning. The Fidget Spinner that replaces the buffering icon. The title of the video 'Too Many Cooks ( )', a by, is yellow and in the, mimicking the video's theme.

Search A YouTube search for:. 'beam me up scotty', a reference to, would cause the search results to beam down onto the screen, as in Star Trek. 'doge meme' changes the font on the search result page to pastel color typical of the. 'do the harlem shake' will cause the song to play and the results to dance around. 'use the Force luke' causes the results to levitate, as if by mentioned in. 'webdriver torso' will return the results but with a red background and a blue rectangle around some videos. It also says ' aqua.flv – Slide 0000–9' at the bottom left of the page.

This Easter egg is a reference to the mystery. Google has confirmed that it is behind the Webdriver Torso mystery; it is one of many test channels used by YouTube to ensure video quality. Searching 'yanny' shows 'Did you mean: laurel', and vice versa. This is a reference to, an that became popular in May 2018.

Chrome. Lonely T-Rex. If the user tries to browse when offline, a message is shown that they are not connected to the Internet.

An illustration of the 'Lonely T-Rex' dinosaur is shown at the top, designed by Sebastien Gabriel. From September 2014, tapping the dinosaur (in Android or iOS) or pressing space or ↑ (on desktop) launches a called 'T-Rex Runner' in which the player controls a running dinosaur by tapping the screen (in Android or iOS) or pressing space, ↑ or ↓ (on desktop) to avoid obstacles, including and, from June 2015,. In 2016, another feature was added to the game. When the player reaches 700 points the game begins to switch between day (white background, black lines and shapes) and night (black background, white lines and shapes). During September 2018, for Google Chrome's 10th birthday, a causing the dinosaur to wear a birthday hat when collected was added. Reaching a score of 900 will switch the colour scheme back to day, and the switch back and forth will occur at further subsequent milestones. The game is also available at the 'chrome://network-error/-106 ( )' and 'chrome://dino' pages.

The game's code is available on the site. In the Apps splash page at 'chrome://apps ( )', a comment can be found under the body header that reads 'A div to hold all the templates, and in the darkness bind them'. This is a reference to the featured in series. In the About Chrome page at 'chrome://settings/help', clicking on the Chrome icon will cause it to spin. Chrome OS. 'PRIDE' Easter Egg in Google Sheets being demonstrated Google I/O 2013PasswordPage themeIIIOOIIIOOIOIOIOIOOOOOOIIOOIOOOOIIOIOOIIOIOIOOIIIOOOIOOOIIOIIOIIOIIIIIIIOIIIOIOIOIOOOIOIOOIIIOOIIOIOIOIOIOOIOIIO. Pressing Ctrl+ ⇧ Shift+ Y in the desktop application will cause a to appear on the screen.

Note that the Picasa application no longer exists, as it was replaced by Google Photos. In the 2013 page, 'instrument.github.io/google-io-2013/ ( )', one can click the letters ' I' and ' O' to input passwords.

In, tapping Settings - Device info - View licenses, then tapping the touchpad 9 times, will show a Tap Meet Team option. Tapping again will show a photo of the Google Glass development team. Any photograph with Christmas lights uploaded to Google+ will be turned into an animated, showing sparkling lights. On the Google Play Store, clicking the search button with a blank search field will search 'unicorns'. In Google's iPhone and iPod touch search application, swiping downwards (past About) repeatedly in the Settings interface brings up a hidden menu item, called Bells and Whistles, allowing customization of colors, sounds and more within the app. However, this no longer works as of the newer app updates.

On, entering the ' (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻' as the title will cause the interface to flip and replace the title with ' ┬─┬ノ(°°ノ)'. The model numbers for the first generation unit and its power adapter read and, respectively. The password for data only is h2g2, another reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In, as to celebrate, typing 'PRIDE' in cells A1-E1 with each individual letter in each cell will make change the fill color of columns to make a rainbow.See also.