We all know that Google has a hilarious past for April fools jokes and scaring people out of their wits with some of them. A great example of this was this years April Fools, when they made a quite convincing video about YouTube closing down, which we will explain more later. The other 3 (major) April fools jokes were:
GMail Blue:
Probably the the most simple joke they did this year, but the most traditional and relating to April fools:
Google made a very serious video (in the beginning) that they were going to "revamp" GMail. By this they mean... Well... Making everything blue. No more other colours of GMail, besides to tint of blue. The video is quite convincing to the non-jokester portion of the population, but all in all, it's pretty funny. Here's a link to the page for GMail Blue.
Google Nose:
Probably the most funny in my opinion, really in the April Fools spirit. Welcome to Google Nose...
Google was saying that they are adding a whole new feature to their search function, as well as a new app for all the handheld devices. It was said that the app could "smell" things and search for them on Google. With their huge nose-base! I think this is the most funny joke, but not the biggest, which brings us to the most major April Fools joke Google has pulled this year.
YouTube's Picking The Winner Joke:
As you may have heard by probably everyone you know that uses the computer, YouTube "is closing".
Yes, it honestly made us all laugh listening to the whiny people complaining about YouTube closing, as well as a few of them freaking out. And one thing before we continue, some people still think YouTube will close, and those people are wrong. The video was posted on April 1st, and inside the video, it said that YouTube is closing at midnight tonight... And it is now April 12th when writing this article. YouTube is not going anywhere, especially when Google makes almost half of their money from YouTube.
Well, that covers all of the Major April Fools jokes Google had this year. Here are a few more that we won't cover in detail, but they still happened, but they were not that big:
- Google Fiber Bar : Spoof of Google's high speed free Internet, now translated into a "Fiber Bar"
If you know of any more pranks or jokes Google did this year, please comment them, as we will add them to the list.
Looking forward to what Google has planned next year!
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