Google Apps Secret Easter Egg Revealed… by Google

Friday, January 2, 2009

Google Apps has a secret. There is an option to change the App’s theme color, sounds and other options hidden in the Settings page. The secret option is dubbed “Bells and Whistles” and it can only be revealed if you scroll near the bottom and keep swiping the touch screen upwards with your finger until the “Bells and Whistles” option appears. Google was probably expecting some finger swiping maniac to discover this secret. But those swipy fingers may have fallen asleep at the App’s setting’s page, such that Google has to blog about it instead.

The new options allow the following:

Change Theme Color- Google App users can now change the theme to any color they wish. Just touch the desired colors on the color scheme.

Sounds- The Sounds option allows the option to choose the sounds during Voice search. Now you can play chicken or monkey around during voice search!

Live Waveform- Want to see sound waves as you do voice search? Turn it on.

Open Links in App- Turn this on if you don’t like to go to native safari when you click on an search result.