Google’s legendary April Fool’s Day jokes

Google, who made April 1st joke to the entire internet community under the title of “a new project”, sometimes a “game”, and sometimes a “new feature”, made interesting jokes that made us think and made us laugh. The jokes made since 2000 have become a tradition.

Unfortunately, Google, the company that keeps up with the technology world’s April 1 tradition, unfortunately announced that this year it will not joke April 1 due to the coronavirus epidemic. In order to avoid any deficiencies in this matter, we wanted to list the legendary April 1 jokes that Google made in the past. Here are the April 1 jokes of Google that know no bounds in interestingness.

2000 / Google Mentalplex – Mind-reading search engine

Google’s first April Fool’s joke, Google Mentalplex wanted you to visualize the word you wanted to search by looking at a spinning wheel and then click on the wheel. “Error 466: Multiple transmitters detected. Silence the sounds in your head and try again”, “Error 05: Analogue received brain waves. Please rethink digitally”, “Error CK8: This information is protected under the National Security Law, “he said.

https://archive.google.com/mentalplex

2002 / Google PigeonRank – Pigeons ordered by Google to peck

On April 1, when Google allegedly explained how the search algorithm called PageRank Systems worked, PigeonRank specially trained pigeons were said to be involved in ranking the search results.

http://archive.google.com/pigeonrank

2004 / Google Copernicus Center – Searching staff for the research center to be established on the moon

A job posting by Google in 2004 reported that an employee was contacted at the research center called Google Copernicus Center to be set up on the Moon. The research center on the advertisement was quite different from what we have seen so far. The working conditions such as ‘low-fat latte’ and ‘continuous oxygen supply’, which were presented in the announcement that the engineers were expressed, attracted attention.

https://archive.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html

It is necessary to open a separate parenthesis on April 1, 2004, because Google also made Gmail available on this date. This e-mail service, which users thought of April 1st joke, has become one of the most popular services today.

2005 / Google Gulp – Drink that increases intelligence from Google

There were 4 different versions of this drink called Glutamate Grape, Sugar Radical, Beta Carotid and Sero-Tonic Water, which was claimed to increase the intelligence level of the drinkers and make Google searches more optimized. Gmail, which Google opened in 2004, is a free service, but it was stated on this page that those who want to have Gmail can sign up by taking the caps of the bottles to the markets. Google Gulp’s ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ page also contained so many fun questions.

https://archive.google.com/googlegulp

2006 / Google Romance – The Google platform, where those seeking the love of your life meet

In fact, the situation, which was seen as a joke at that time, is now realized with Tinder and similar applications. Users in Google Romance; they could add their profile photos, give information about themselves and search for the love of their lives. The people who wanted to create a profile came across the page where this was said to be a joke.

https://archive.google.com/romance

2007 / Gmail Paper – Emails delivered by cargo boxes by parcels

The joke, which was revealed by the update of Google’s Gmail page as Gmail Paper, was promised to hand over the message or photo they wanted to send to users, ‘printed on paper recycled from 96% soybeans’. At the same time, users were not charged for this service.

2007 / Google TiSP – Internet network connected to the sewer

Google Toilet Internet Service Provider, in short, Google TiSP, appeared as an imaginary broadband internet service. You were asked to throw the fiber optic cable assembly that was said to be sent to you into the toilet and flush. In this way, an internet cable network will be established in the sewers and the person could access the internet approximately 60 minutes after flushing.

https://archive.google.com/tisp

2008 / Google Book Search and more – Books that you can smell when you put your nose on the screen

Google’s most notable joke was Google Book Search, which made many small jokes in 2008. Targeting readers who like the smell of books, Google wanted people to find their books on the system and rest their noses on the monitor and press the button on the screen. What was promised to people were the smell of the book coming from the screen.

When you want to create an event, you will find a meeting with names like Tom Cruise, Jessica Alba, Pamela Anderson, ‘I feel lucky’ button, ‘Search’ key escaping from the mouse cursor, bucket to wake up those who cannot wake up in the morning, and juicy Google Wake Up Kit, expert for the colony to be set up on Mars. The seeking Virgle project was some other jokes in 2008.

https://archive.google.com/virgle

2009 / Google Chrome with 3D and more – Opportunity to review websites with your 3D glasses

A website released by Google in 2009 was describing a web browser called Google Chrome with 3D. Users who downloaded the scanner would be able to make 3D glasses to themselves and examine the websites in 3D using the glasses molds that they would remove from the printer. Of course, like any other, this was a joke.

Google also announced an artificial intelligence called CADIE in 2009. CADIE had interesting features such as commenting on users’ content, adding subliminal messages to documents, recommending a place on Google Maps. CADIE, published on March 31, 2009 at 23.59.59, to be considered as a joke, was considered by many to be true.

2010 / Animal Translator BETA – The application that translates what animals say

Animal Translator BETA, one of Google’s most interesting jokes, would be available to users as an Android app. This application, which translates what many animals from dogs to cats, from bears to birds, is of course the product of a joke.

https://archive.google.com/translateforanimals

2011 / Gmail Motion BETA – Gmail interface that you can control with your hand gestures

Talking about the tediousness of using a mouse, the Gmail Motion BETA promotional video now states that everyone can use Gmail via their computer camera. It was a lot of fun if you were determined to check Gmail. Although the movements are not like this, it is an interesting coincidence that we can control our phones with hand gestures in the new version of Android.

https://www.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

2012 / Google Maps 8 Bit (NES) – NES tape that allows you to use Google Maps

The first of Google’s interesting jokes in 2012 was the NES tape called Google Maps 8 Bit (NES). The cassette you would take out from the set that came to your home and attach it to the NES console after ‘blowing’ promised to use Google Maps over NES.

2012 / Google Fiber Bar – edible fiber that increases the energy of eaters

Another joke by Google in 2012 came from the Google Fiber team. Interested in fiber internet, the team said they were developing edible fiber. It was another information said in the video that the energy of people eating the Google Fiber Bar would increase. Of course, this was just a joke from Google.

2013 / Google Nose – The feature that allows you to sniff what you are looking for on Google

Google, which frequently refers to fragrance numbers, added a tab called Nose to the top tabs on the search page in 2013 and said that searchers could smell what they were looking for with this feature. This joke of Google was considered real by many, and the joke made a huge impact on social media.

2013 / Google Wallet Mobile ATM – Google apparatus for withdrawing money without going to ATM

Another joke made by Google targeted those who did not want to go to the ATM to withdraw money. Google Wallet Mobile ATM, which can be attached to Google’s Nexus devices, allows you to withdraw money at any time without going to the ATM. This device, which attracted many people, was of course the product of a joke.

2014 / Emojify the Web – Feature that turns what you write into emojis

In those days when we started expressing ourselves with emojis, Google introduced an interesting Chrome feature called Emojify the Web, which converts anything you type into emojis. This feature, which the audience said, “I wish it to be real”, was a joke like the others.

2014 / Google Maps Pokemon Challenge – Pokemon game inspired by Pokemon Go

In fact, this prank called Google Maps Pokemon Challenge, which will not be of interest to you right now, attracted the attention of the world when it was released in 2014. This concept, which was later used in Pokemon GO game developed by Niantic, appears as one of the real jokes of Google.

2015 / Elgoog – Reverse Google search engine

The first of Google’s April 1 jokes in 2015 was the launch of the search engine called Elgoog. Elgoog, in reverse version of Google, reflected the search screen and search results to users in a mirror image.

2015 / Google Maps Pac-Man – Google Maps where you can play Pac-Man on the streets

In the April 1 joke by the Google Maps team, the maps on the platform were transformed into huge Pac-Man episodes. These maps, which seemed quite fun at first sight, were of course one of the April 1 jokes.

2015 / Google Keyless Keyboard – Apparatus offering multilingual typing

Google Japan’s April 1 joke, the keyless keyboard, claimed that it made typing possible thanks to the whistle we know as the tongue whistle. The letter we wrote changed according to how much we whistled. Of course, this was an interesting April Fool’s joke.

2016 / Gmail Mic Drop – Google’s most eventful April 1 joke

The most eventful of Google’s April 1 jokes was the joke in 2016. The software giant added an interesting ‘Send’ button to the email service Gmail. People who clicked this button while sending an e-mail were sending a Minion animation to the person they sent an e-mail to. Many personnel accidentally clicked this button in internal communications and were fired. Google has disabled the feature and apologized to users for this situation.

2016 / Google Express – Google parachutes delivering cargo wherever you want

When the drones were not involved in cargo delivery, Google introduced the Google Express service, which it announced would deliver the cargo with parachutes. This project, which was actually a April Fool’s joke, was very popular and made “I wish it was real”.

2016 / Searchable Socks – The app that finds your nearby socks

Another joke made by Google in 2006 was aimed at people who lost their socks at home. The company announced the Searchable Socks project and claimed that we could find nearby socks thanks to the application they developed. This made us smile as a very interesting April Fool’s joke.

2017 / Google Wind – Windmills that scatter the clouds and make the sun

“Was there really needed this much production for a joke?” In his April 1 joke, Google presents a project to eliminate the cloudy weather prevailing in Europe. With the project called Google Wind, windmills that will be installed in certain regions are turned into the sky and the clouds are distributed. Of course, Google Wind is perhaps the most interesting April Fool’s joke.

2017 / Google Bubble Wrap Keyboard – Interesting system that makes it possible to type while popping balloons

Balloon nylon, which is generally used to prevent damage to the product in cargoes, is quite fun objects to blow up for many people. In its April 1st joke in 2017, Google introduced the Google Bubble Wrap Keyboard, which can be communicated using bubble wrap. Readers inside this keyboard checked whether the balloons were bursting and marked the keys that were pressed accordingly.

2018 / Gboard (Physical) Keyboard – Swipe typing feature on phones comes to physical keyboards

In the April 1 joke, prepared by the Google Japan team, a product called Gboard (Physical) Keyboard was introduced and it was said that the feature we wrote on Android devices would scroll to the keys and physical keyboards. This feature, which was quite logical at first glance, was a April 1 joke by Google.

2018 / Bad Joke Detector – Find and delete bad jokes on your phone, free up memory

The April 1 joke, prepared by Google’s ‘Files Go’ department, targeted those who had storage problems on their phones and stated that it was possible to automatically delete bad jokes from your friends and images associated with these jokes thanks to the application called Bad Joke Detector.

2019 / Gboard Spoon Bending Version – Twisted spoon keyboard

We’ve seen Google Japan come up with different keyboard designs before, but the spoon keyboard called Gboard Spoon Bending Version looked interesting from all of them. It was said that it is possible to write using the bendable spoon produced by Google and this makes things quite easy. Of course, this was one of Google’s April 1 jokes.

2019 / Google Tulip – Google device that translates tulips into spoken language

This Google joke from the Netherlands, famous for its tulips, was introducing an interesting product called Google Tulip. According to the promotional video, Google Tulip could speak with Google Home products and could translate between the spoken language and the tulip language. Google Tulip was also designed to meet all the needs of tulips.

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Source: Webtekno