Easter Egg

Whoops: Android Q Easter Egg Found on Essential Phone, Not Pixels

Tim August 9, 2019

For each new version of Android, Google cooks up a cute little easter egg that is always buried inside of the Android version number within the Settings menu. Rapidly tapping on that system version in Android Q has brought up the Android Pie easter egg, as...

Octopus: Android O Developer Preview 4 Brings New Easter Egg

Tim July 24, 2017 10

There are a few things we know about Android O. The name will start with the letter "O" and it will likely be labeled as Android 8.0. Well, there is at least one creature on this planet that starts with the letter "O" and it even has 8 legs, that being an...

There is More to This Android N DP5 Easter Egg and It Involves Catching Cats (Updated)

Kellen July 18, 2016 46

Earlier today, the Android N Developer Preview 5 dropped and brought with it a new Easter Egg, if you can call it that. At first glance, we brushed it off as being nothing more than a Nougat colored "N" set atop an emoji line-up that evoked Hodor and his name...

Did Google Just Reveal the Name of Android N?!

Tim June 15, 2016 40

After the whirlwind of popularity Boaty McBoatface received on the internet, Google looks to be following suit. Inside of the Easter Egg used on Developer Preview 4 of Android N, Google may be hinting at what Android N's official name will be. As you can view...

This is the Android Easter Egg Song.

Kellen October 13, 2015 17

Because you needed a theme song to go with your Android Easter Egg obsession, Nat and Low give us this. Day complete?

Video: Googlers Post a “Brief History of Android Easter Eggs”

Tim October 5, 2015 6

Nat and Lo, two Googlers whose 20% project is to go around Google and detail cool projects, released their latest video to YouTube this week, detailing the history of the Android Easter Egg project. As you likely already know, if you go into system settings,...

This is the Android M Easter Egg ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Kellen May 28, 2015 26

Haha, Google, so silly. Yes, my friends, that really is your Android M Easter Egg - for the moment. Edit: For those who are finding the "M" hidden as well, we are well aware of it. Tap on it a few times, then long press and you'll get the shruggy face. ¯\_(ツ...

Android 5.0 “Lollipop” Easter Egg is a Flappy Bird Clone.

Kellen October 17, 2014 22

Once you have Android 5.0 "Lollipop" up and running on your Nexus 5, you need to jump through to the About screen and check out the newest Easter Egg. It's a Flappy Bird clone. Not even kidding - you can play Flappy Bugdroid as much as you want.